diff --git a/terminatorlib/util.py b/terminatorlib/util.py
index 920bd997..971e8c55 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/util.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/util.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import os
 import pwd
 
 # set this to true to enable debugging output
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = False
 
 def dbg(log = ""):
     """Print a message if debugging is enabled"""