diff --git a/src/Snap/Snaplet/Internal/Initializer.hs b/src/Snap/Snaplet/Internal/Initializer.hs
index ac8f35be..a8535783 100644
--- a/src/Snap/Snaplet/Internal/Initializer.hs
+++ b/src/Snap/Snaplet/Internal/Initializer.hs
@@ -593,10 +593,11 @@ serveSnaplet startConfig initializer = do
     createDirectoryIfMissing False "log"
     let serve = simpleHttpServe conf
 
-    liftIO $ hPutStrLn stderr $ T.unpack msgs
+    when (loggingEnabled conf) $ liftIO $ hPutStrLn stderr $ T.unpack msgs
     _ <- try $ serve $ site
          :: IO (Either SomeException ())
     doCleanup
+    where loggingEnabled = not . (== Just False) . getVerbose
 
 
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