diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/validation/ValidationEngine.java b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/validation/ValidationEngine.java
index c7d501197..6e8c21fa8 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/validation/ValidationEngine.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/validation/ValidationEngine.java
@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ public class ValidationEngine {
       return FhirFormat.TEXT;
     } catch (Exception e) {
     }
-    System.out.println("     .. not a resource: "+filename);
+    if (debug)
+      System.out.println("     .. not a resource: "+filename);
     return null;    
   }
 
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/validation/Validator.java b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/validation/Validator.java
index 05206260c..dd733395d 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/validation/Validator.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/validation/Validator.java
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ public class Validator {
       System.out.println("  .. connect to tx server @ "+txServer);
       System.out.println("  .. definitions from "+definitions);
       ValidationEngine validator = new ValidationEngine(definitions, txServer, txLog, FhirPublication.fromCode(sv));
+      validator.setDebug(doDebug);
       System.out.println("    (v"+validator.getContext().getVersion()+")");
       if (sv != null)
         validator.setVersion(sv);
@@ -396,7 +397,6 @@ public class Validator {
       validator.setHintAboutNonMustSupport(hintAboutNonMustSupport);
       validator.setAnyExtensionsAllowed(anyExtensionsAllowed);
       validator.setLanguage(lang);
-      validator.setDebug(doDebug);
 
       IParser x;
       if (output != null && output.endsWith(".json"))