diff --git a/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsub.cpp b/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsub.cpp
index 66eeb386d..dfcf285c8 100644
--- a/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsub.cpp
+++ b/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsub.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void clear_queue();
 int dvbsub_init() {
 	int trc;
 
-	sub_debug.set_level(3);
+	sub_debug.set_level(2);
 
 	reader_running = true;
 	dvbsub_stopped = 1;
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ int dvbsub_start(int pid)
 			pid_change_req = 1;
 		}
 	}
-printf("[dvb-sub] ***************************************** start, stopped %d pid %x\n", dvbsub_stopped, dvbsub_pid);
 #if 0
+printf("[dvb-sub] ***************************************** start, stopped %d pid %x\n", dvbsub_stopped, dvbsub_pid);
 	while(!dvbsub_stopped)
 		usleep(10);
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsubtitle.cpp b/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsubtitle.cpp
index dd2d119b6..279145eec 100644
--- a/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsubtitle.cpp
+++ b/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsubtitle.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "Debug.hpp"
 
 // Set these to 'true' for debug output:
-static bool DebugConverter = true;
+static bool DebugConverter = false;
 
 #define dbgconverter(a...) if (DebugConverter) sub_debug.print(Debug::VERBOSE, a)