diff --git a/src/cfg.c b/src/cfg.c
index 4ff1ed6e..8a2467d4 100644
--- a/src/cfg.c
+++ b/src/cfg.c
@@ -1112,13 +1112,20 @@ int kvz_config_parse(kvz_config *cfg, const char *name, const char *value)
     }
 
     if (preset_values[preset_line][0] != NULL) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Using preset %s: ", value);
+      if (cfg->enable_logging_output) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Using preset %s: ", value);
+      }
+
       // Loop all the name and value pairs and push to the config parser
       for (int preset_value = 1; preset_values[preset_line][preset_value] != NULL; preset_value += 2) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "--%s=%s ", preset_values[preset_line][preset_value], preset_values[preset_line][preset_value + 1]);
+        if (cfg->enable_logging_output) {
+          fprintf(stderr, "--%s=%s ", preset_values[preset_line][preset_value], preset_values[preset_line][preset_value + 1]);
+        }
         kvz_config_parse(cfg, preset_values[preset_line][preset_value], preset_values[preset_line][preset_value + 1]);
       }
-      fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+      if (cfg->enable_logging_output) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+      }
     } else {
       fprintf(stderr, "Input error: unknown preset \"%s\"\n", value);
       return 0;