diff --git a/dsp/utils/settings.py b/dsp/utils/settings.py
index ea302f35aa..1fed723683 100644
--- a/dsp/utils/settings.py
+++ b/dsp/utils/settings.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     experimental=False,
     backoff_time=10,
     callbacks=[],
+    suppress_debug_info=True,
 )
 
 
diff --git a/dspy/clients/lm.py b/dspy/clients/lm.py
index 567178432a..41b450abc5 100644
--- a/dspy/clients/lm.py
+++ b/dspy/clients/lm.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional
-
+import dspy
 import litellm
 import ujson
 
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.callbacks = callbacks or []
         self.num_retries = num_retries
 
+        #turned off by default to avoid LiteLLM logging during every LM call
+        litellm.suppress_debug_info = dspy.settings.suppress_debug_info
+
         # TODO: Arbitrary model strings could include the substring "o1-". We
         # should find a more robust way to check for the "o1-" family models.
         if "o1-" in model: