diff --git a/powerwall.sh b/powerwall.sh
index 10ffeffc..b63fff7b 100755
--- a/powerwall.sh
+++ b/powerwall.sh
@@ -66,16 +66,16 @@ CHECKTEMP_SERVICE(){
 				if [ $(bc -l <<< "$temp_f >= $temp_warn") -eq 1 ] && [ $(bc -l <<< "$temp_f < $temp_crit") -eq 1 ]; then
 					if [ $temp_diff -gt 1 ] || [ "$last_temp" = "1" ]; then
 						echo "($datetime) WARNING TEMP: ${temp_f}°F - (Difference of ${temp_diff}°)" | mail -s "${1} TEMP WARNING" $email_alert
-						echo "alert sent"
+						[ $VERBOSE = true ] && echo "alert sent"
 						last_temp=$temp_f
 					fi
-					echo "($datetime) WARNING: ${temp_f}°F - (Difference of ${temp_diff}°)"
+					[ $VERBOSE = true ] && echo "($datetime) WARNING: ${temp_f}°F - (Difference of ${temp_diff}°)"
 					
 				elif [ $(bc -l <<< "$temp_f >= $temp_crit") -eq 1 ] && [ $(bc -l <<< "$temp_f < $temp_crit_sys") -eq 1 ]; then
-					echo "($datetime) CRITICAL: ${temp_f}°F - (Difference of ${temp_diff}°)"
+					[ $VERBOSE = true ] && echo "($datetime) CRITICAL: ${temp_f}°F - (Difference of ${temp_diff}°)"
 					if [ $temp_diff -gt 1 ] || [ "$last_temp" = "1" ]; then
 						echo -e "($datetime) CRITICAL TEMP: ${temp_f}°F - (Difference of ${temp_diff}°)\nShutting down servers!!" | mail -s "${1} TEMP CRITICAL" $email_alert
-						echo "alert sent"
+						[ $VERBOSE = true ] && echo "alert sent"
 						last_temp=$temp_f
 						SHUTDOWN_SERVERS MAIN
 						echo -e "($datetime) Main servers have been shutdown" | mail -s "SERVERS SHUTDOWN" $email_alert
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ CHECKTEMP_SERVICE(){
 					echo "($datetime) SYSTEM CRITICAL: ${temp_f}°F - (Difference of ${temp_diff}°)"
 					if [ $temp_diff -gt 1 ] || [ "$last_temp" = "1" ]; then
 						echo -e "($datetime) SYSTEM CRITICAL TEMP: ${temp_f}°F - (Difference of ${temp_diff}°)\nShutting down system servers!!" | mail -s "${1} TEMP CRITICAL" $email_alert
-						echo "alert sent"
+						[ $VERBOSE = true ] && echo "alert sent"
 						last_temp=$temp_f
 						SHUTDOWN_SERVERS SYS
 						echo -e "($datetime) System servers have been shutdown\nAll servers are now offline" | mail -s "SERVERS SHUTDOWN" $email_alert
@@ -93,19 +93,19 @@ CHECKTEMP_SERVICE(){
 				else
 					if [ $last_temp -gt 1 ]; then
 						echo -e "($datetime) NORMAL TEMP: ${temp_f}°F\nPrevious Temp: ${last_temp}°F" | mail -s "${1} BACK TO NORMAL" $email_alert
-						echo "alert sent"
+						[ $VERBOSE = true ] && echo "alert sent"
 					elif [ $last_temp -eq 0 ]; then
 						echo "NORMAL TEMP: ${temp_f}°F" | mail -s "${1} TEMP NORMAL" $email_alert;
 					fi
 					last_temp=1
-					echo "($datetime) normal: ${temp_f}°F"
+					[ $VERBOSE = true ] && echo "($datetime) normal: ${temp_f}°F"
 				fi
 				
 				QRY="USE servermonitor; INSERT INTO sensor_data (\`sensorid\`, \`date\`, \`temp\`, \`hum\`) VALUES ('${SENSOR_ID[$1]}','${datetime}','${temp_f}','${temp_h}')"
 				${mysql_conn} -e "${QRY}"
 			else
 				echo "($datetime) ERROR reading temperature" | mail -s "${1} ERROR" $email_alert
-				echo "alert sent"
+				[ $VERBOSE = true ] && echo "alert sent"
 			fi
 	    done
 	    sleep 10