diff --git a/change_tempo.rb b/change_tempo.rb
index d17b3b9..19605de 100755
--- a/change_tempo.rb
+++ b/change_tempo.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 %w[rubygems appscript tempfile].each {|l| require l }
 gem 'activesupport', '2.3.8'
-require 'activesupport'
+require 'active_support'
 
 file = __FILE__
 file = File.expand_path(File.readlink(file), File.dirname(file)) while File.symlink?(file)
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@
     opts.separator "updates them."
     opts.separator ""
     opts.separator "Specific options:"
-    opts.on("-s", "--speedup TEMPO", Integer, "Increase tempo by TEMPO (as a percentage)") do |c|
+    opts.on("-s", "--speedup TEMPO", Integer, "Increase tempo by TEMPO (as a percentage).") do |c|
       Podcast.speedup = c
     end
+    opts.on("-q", "--quiet", "Do not log messages to standard output.") do |c|
+      Podcast.quiet = true
+    end
     opts.on_tail("-h", "--help", "Show this message") do
       puts opts
       exit
@@ -39,9 +42,9 @@
       end
       $stderr.puts Podcast.problems.inspect unless Podcast.problems.empty?
     rescue OptionParser::InvalidOption => e
-      puts e.message
-      puts
-      puts opts
+      $stderr.puts e.message
+      $stderr.puts
+      $stderr.puts opts
       exit
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/podcast.rb b/lib/podcast.rb
index 4b58224..a37e09c 100644
--- a/lib/podcast.rb
+++ b/lib/podcast.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class Podcast
 
   cattr_reader :problems
-  cattr_accessor :speedup, :playlist, :file
+  cattr_accessor :speedup, :playlist, :file, :quiet
 
   @@problems = []
   self.speedup ||= 25
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ def playlist_count
     
     def process(job)
       if File.exist?(job)
-        puts "Shifting file:#{job} with speedup:#{Podcast.speedup}..."
+        log "Shifting file:#{job} with speedup:#{Podcast.speedup}..."
 
         PodcastFromMp3.new(job).change_tempo
       else
-        puts "Running with playlist:#{Podcast.playlist} (#{Podcast.playlist_count} mp3s) and speedup:#{Podcast.speedup}..."
-        puts "      (speedup #{Podcast.speedup} means moving the audio to #{Podcast.speedup + 100}% of it's normal speed)"
+        log "Running with playlist:#{Podcast.playlist} (#{Podcast.playlist_count} mp3s) and speedup:#{Podcast.speedup}..."
+        log "      (speedup #{Podcast.speedup} means moving the audio to #{Podcast.speedup + 100}% of it's normal speed)"
 
         Podcast.playlist = job
         Podcast.all_slow_podcasts.each do |p|
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ def all_podcast_refs(playlist = self.playlist)
         []
       end
     end
+    def log(message)
+      puts message unless quiet
+    end
   end
 
   # Instance methods
@@ -166,8 +169,8 @@ def unescape_filename(filename)
     filename.gsub(/\\/,'')
   end
   def cmd(command_string)
-    puts command_string
-    puts `#{command_string}`
+    log command_string
+    log `#{command_string}`
     exitstatus = $?.exitstatus
     raise(RuntimeError, $?) unless exitstatus == 0
   end