diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 397020c9..0d53004a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.1.4
+  * removed verbose error checking code. oops. :-/
+
 0.1.3
   * improved regexes for word variations (Josh Goebel)
   * fixed a bug that caused "today at 3am" to return nil if current time is
diff --git a/chronic.gemspec b/chronic.gemspec
index 4ca70a28..c8ca14c4 100644
--- a/chronic.gemspec
+++ b/chronic.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'rubygems'
 
 SPEC = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'chronic'
-  s.version = '0.1.3'
+  s.version = '0.1.4'
   s.author = 'Tom Preston-Werner'
   s.email = 'tom@rubyisawesome.com'
   s.homepage = 'http://chronic.rubyforge.org'
diff --git a/lib/chronic.rb b/lib/chronic.rb
index 8058ad32..b40fcee1 100644
--- a/lib/chronic.rb
+++ b/lib/chronic.rb
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@
 require 'chronic/separator'
 
 module Chronic
-  @version = "0.1.3"
-  def self.debug=(val); @debug = val; end
+  def self.debug; false; end
 end
 
-Chronic.debug = true
-
diff --git a/lib/chronic/chronic.rb b/lib/chronic/chronic.rb
index 180bce94..4d96da57 100644
--- a/lib/chronic/chronic.rb
+++ b/lib/chronic/chronic.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def parse(text, specified_options = {})
       # strip any non-tagged tokens
       @tokens = @tokens.select { |token| token.tagged? }
       
-      if true
+      if Chronic.debug
         puts "+---------------------------------------------------"
         puts "| " + @tokens.to_s
         puts "+---------------------------------------------------"
diff --git a/lib/chronic/handlers.rb b/lib/chronic/handlers.rb
index 1beb4349..21e85d0e 100644
--- a/lib/chronic/handlers.rb
+++ b/lib/chronic/handlers.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ def tokens_to_span(tokens, options) #:nodoc:
       self.definitions[:date].each do |handler|
         if handler.match(tokens, self.definitions)
           good_tokens = tokens.select { |o| !o.get_tag Separator }
-          puts "--#{handler}"
           return self.send(handler.handler_method, good_tokens, options)
         end
       end
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ def tokens_to_span(tokens, options) #:nodoc:
       end
       
       # I guess you're out of luck!
-      puts "--SUCKY"
       return nil
     end
     
@@ -289,10 +287,7 @@ def get_anchor(tokens, options) #:nodoc:
         when :last
           outer_span = head.next(:past)
         when :this
-          puts "--THIS"
-          puts "--#{repeaters}"
           if repeaters.size > 0
-            puts "--NONE"
             outer_span = head.this(:none)
           else
             outer_span = head.this(options[:context])
@@ -302,7 +297,7 @@ def get_anchor(tokens, options) #:nodoc:
         else raise(ChronicPain, "Invalid grabber")
       end
       
-      puts "--#{outer_span}"
+      puts "--#{outer_span}" if Chronic.debug
       anchor = find_within(repeaters, outer_span, pointer)
     end
     
@@ -320,7 +315,7 @@ def get_repeaters(tokens) #:nodoc:
     # Returns a Span representing the innermost time span
     # or nil if no repeater union could be found
     def find_within(tags, span, pointer) #:nodoc:
-      puts "--#{span}"
+      puts "--#{span}" if Chronic.debug
       return span if tags.empty?
       
       head, *rest = tags
diff --git a/test/test_parsing.rb b/test/test_parsing.rb
index 00733790..9ecd87a4 100644
--- a/test/test_parsing.rb
+++ b/test/test_parsing.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ def setup
     # Wed Aug 16 14:00:00 UTC 2006
     @time_2006_08_16_14_00_00 = Time.local(2006, 8, 16, 14, 0, 0, 0)
     @time_2006_08_16_03_00_00 = Time.local(2006, 8, 16, 3, 0, 0, 0)
-    Chronic.debug = false
   end
   
   def test__parse_guess_dates