diff --git a/src/saveEventsFile.m b/src/saveEventsFile.m
index bf4dc656..cdaa7df5 100644
--- a/src/saveEventsFile.m
+++ b/src/saveEventsFile.m
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ function printHeaderExtraColumns(logFile)
 
         logFile(iEvent).(namesExtraColumns{iExtraColumn}) = data;
 
-        if ~ischar(data) && any(isnan(data))
+        if ~ischar(data) && any(isnan(data)) && cfg.verbose > 0
             warning('saveEventsFile:missingData', ...
                     'Missing some %s data for this event.', namesExtraColumns{iExtraColumn});
 
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ function printHeaderExtraColumns(logFile)
                 disp(logFile(iEvent));
             end
 
-        elseif ~ischar(data) && all(isnan(data))
+        elseif ~ischar(data) && all(isnan(data)) && cfg.verbose > 0
             warning('Missing %s data for this event.', namesExtraColumns{iExtraColumn});
 
             if cfg.verbose > 1
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ function printHeaderExtraColumns(logFile)
         end
 
         % now save the event to log file (if not skipping)
-        if skipEvent
+        if skipEvent && cfg.verbose > 0
 
             warning(warningMessageID, warningMessage);
 
diff --git a/tests/test_saveEventsFileSave.m b/tests/test_saveEventsFileSave.m
index b2b504aa..dd091429 100644
--- a/tests/test_saveEventsFileSave.m
+++ b/tests/test_saveEventsFileSave.m
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function test_saveEventsFileSaveSkipEmptyEvents()
 
     [cfg, logFile] = setUp();
 
-    cfg.verbose = false;
+    cfg.verbose = 1;
 
     % create the events file and header
     logFile = saveEventsFile('open', cfg, logFile);
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function test_saveEventsFileSaveArraySize()
 
     [cfg, logFile] = setUp();
 
-    cfg.verbose = false;
+    cfg.verbose = 1;
 
     % create the events file and header
     logFile = saveEventsFile('open', cfg, logFile);