diff --git a/src/core/cfg.lex b/src/core/cfg.lex
index 47d09536b37..904e8a7205a 100644
--- a/src/core/cfg.lex
+++ b/src/core/cfg.lex
@@ -436,8 +436,9 @@ KILL_TIMEOUT	"exit_timeout"|"ser_kill_timeout"
 MAX_WLOOPS		"max_while_loops"
 PVBUFSIZE		"pv_buffer_size"
 PVBUFSLOTS		"pv_buffer_slots"
-HTTP_REPLY_PARSE		"http_reply_hack"|"http_reply_parse"
-VERSION_TABLE_CFG		"version_table"
+HTTP_REPLY_PARSE	"http_reply_hack"|"http_reply_parse"
+VERSION_TABLE_CFG	"version_table"
+VERBOSE_STARTUP		"verbose_startup"
 
 SERVER_ID     "server_id"
 
@@ -916,6 +917,8 @@ IMPORTFILE      "import_file"
 <INITIAL>{HTTP_REPLY_PARSE}		{	count(); yylval.strval=yytext;
 									return HTTP_REPLY_PARSE; }
 <INITIAL>{VERSION_TABLE_CFG}  { count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return VERSION_TABLE_CFG;}
+<INITIAL>{VERBOSE_STARTUP}		{	count(); yylval.strval=yytext;
+									return VERBOSE_STARTUP; }
 <INITIAL>{SERVER_ID}  { count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return SERVER_ID;}
 <INITIAL>{MAX_RECURSIVE_LEVEL}  { count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return MAX_RECURSIVE_LEVEL;}
 <INITIAL>{MAX_BRANCHES_PARAM}  { count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return MAX_BRANCHES_PARAM;}
diff --git a/src/core/cfg.y b/src/core/cfg.y
index 067b0f0deea..bde7e74cc96 100644
--- a/src/core/cfg.y
+++ b/src/core/cfg.y
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ extern char *default_routename;
 %token PVBUFSLOTS
 %token HTTP_REPLY_PARSE
 %token VERSION_TABLE_CFG
+%token VERBOSE_STARTUP
 %token CFG_DESCRIPTION
 %token SERVER_ID
 %token MAX_RECURSIVE_LEVEL
@@ -1547,7 +1548,10 @@ assign_stm:
 	| PVBUFSLOTS EQUAL error { yyerror("number expected"); }
 	| HTTP_REPLY_PARSE EQUAL NUMBER { http_reply_parse=$3; }
 	| HTTP_REPLY_PARSE EQUAL error { yyerror("boolean value expected"); }
+	| VERBOSE_STARTUP EQUAL NUMBER { ksr_verbose_startup=$3; }
+	| VERBOSE_STARTUP EQUAL error { yyerror("boolean value expected"); }
     | SERVER_ID EQUAL NUMBER { server_id=$3; }
+	| SERVER_ID EQUAL error  { yyerror("number  expected"); }
     | MAX_RECURSIVE_LEVEL EQUAL NUMBER { set_max_recursive_level($3); }
     | MAX_BRANCHES_PARAM EQUAL NUMBER { sr_dst_max_branches = $3; }
     | LATENCY_LOG EQUAL intno { default_core_cfg.latency_log=$3; }
diff --git a/src/core/globals.h b/src/core/globals.h
index 2a844a5c8a4..d0cf9e88546 100644
--- a/src/core/globals.h
+++ b/src/core/globals.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ extern int rt_timer2_policy; /* "slow" timer, SCHED_OTHER */
 
 extern int http_reply_parse;
 extern int _sr_ip_free_bind;
+extern int ksr_verbose_startup;
 
 #ifdef USE_DNS_CACHE
 extern int dns_cache_init; /* if 0, the DNS cache is not initialized at startup */
diff --git a/src/core/route.c b/src/core/route.c
index 63e4f83c289..fdc042ff675 100644
--- a/src/core/route.c
+++ b/src/core/route.c
@@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ static int fix_rl(struct route_list* rt)
 {
 	int i;
 	int ret;
-	
+
 	for(i=0;i<rt->idx; i++){
 		if(rt->rlist[i]){
 			if ((ret=fix_actions(rt->rlist[i]))!=0){
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@ static int fix_rl(struct route_list* rt)
 int fix_rls()
 {
 	int ret;
-	
+
 	if ((ret=fix_rl(&main_rt))!=0)
 		return ret;
 	if ((ret=fix_rl(&onreply_rt))!=0)
@@ -2122,7 +2122,7 @@ int fix_rls()
 static void print_rl(struct route_list* rt, char* name)
 {
 	int j;
-	
+
 	for(j=0; j<rt->entries; j++){
 		if (rt->rlist[j]==0){
 			if ((j==0) && (rt==&main_rt))
@@ -2139,6 +2139,7 @@ static void print_rl(struct route_list* rt, char* name)
 /* debug function, prints routing tables */
 void print_rls()
 {
+	if(!ksr_verbose_startup) return;
 	print_rl(&main_rt, "");
 	print_rl(&onreply_rt, "onreply");
 	print_rl(&failure_rt, "failure");
diff --git a/src/core/udp_server.c b/src/core/udp_server.c
index 76ed978460b..52621623626 100644
--- a/src/core/udp_server.c
+++ b/src/core/udp_server.c
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ int probe_max_receive_buffer( int udp_sock )
 			if (phase==1) break;
 			else { phase=1; optval >>=1; continue; }
 		}
-		LM_DBG("trying SO_RCVBUF: %d\n", optval );
+		if(ksr_verbose_startup)
+			LM_DBG("trying SO_RCVBUF: %d\n", optval);
 		if (setsockopt( udp_sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF,
 			(void*)&optval, sizeof(optval)) ==-1){
 			/* Solaris returns -1 if asked size too big; Linux ignores */
@@ -180,8 +181,9 @@ int probe_max_receive_buffer( int udp_sock )
 			LM_ERR("getsockopt: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 			return -1;
 		} else {
-			LM_DBG("setting SO_RCVBUF; set=%d,verify=%d\n",
-				optval, voptval);
+			if(ksr_verbose_startup)
+				LM_DBG("setting SO_RCVBUF; set=%d,verify=%d\n",
+						optval, voptval);
 			if (voptval<optval) {
 				LM_DBG("setting SO_RCVBUF has no effect\n");
 				/* if setting buffer size failed and still in the aggressive
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 0aff706ffbd..a98a35693f5 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ int child_rank = 0;
 /* how much to wait for children to terminate, before taking extreme measures*/
 int ser_kill_timeout=DEFAULT_SER_KILL_TIMEOUT;
 
+int ksr_verbose_startup = 0;
+
 /* cfg parsing */
 int cfg_errors=0;
 int cfg_warnings=0;