diff --git a/experiment/extracteur.c b/experiment/extracteur.c
index d136f75..1cdee6d 100644
--- a/experiment/extracteur.c
+++ b/experiment/extracteur.c
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ if (3 != argc-optind) {
 	exit(1);
 	}
 
-fprintf(stderr, "***%s   %s %s\n", argv[0], __DATE__, __TIME__);
-fimg_print_version(1);
+if (verbosity) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "*** %s   %s %s\n", argv[0], __DATE__, __TIME__);
+	fimg_print_version(1);
+	}
 
 infile = argv[optind];	outfile = argv[optind+2];
 fprintf(stderr, "   %s -> %s\n", infile, outfile);
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ if (4 != parse_rectangle( argv[optind+1], &zone, 0) ) {
 // zone.w = src.width / 2;		zone.h = src.height / 2;
 // zone.x = src.width / 4 ;	zone.y = src.height / 4;
 
-print_rectangle(&zone);
+if (verbosity) print_rectangle(&zone);
 
 foo = fimg_create(&dst, zone.w, zone.h,  FIMG_TYPE_RGB);