diff --git a/gitistics.sh b/gitistics.sh
index 01628cc..ec6ba64 100755
--- a/gitistics.sh
+++ b/gitistics.sh
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ REPOUSER="\(structix\|Janek\)"
 # Specify the start date, where the statistics should be gathered
 STARTDATE="01 Jan 2018"
 
+# Verbose flag
+VERBOSE=false
+
 # --------------------
 # --- functions
 
 # returns the amount of commits for one repository
 function getCommits() {
         # show amount of commits of all users
-        committemp=$(git rev-list --count --all --author=$REPOUSER --since="$STARTDATE")
+        committemp=$(git rev-list --count --all --author=$REPOUSER --since="$STARTDATE" 2> /dev/null)
         echo $committemp
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +40,9 @@ function getDiffChanges() {
         local exti=${array[1]//[!0-9]}
         local extd=${array[2]//[!0-9]}
 
-        echo "Files: $extf, Insertions: $exti, Deletions: $extd"
+        if [ "$VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                echo "Files: $extf, Insertions: $exti, Deletions: $extd"
+        fi
         
         local f=$(( extf + __files))
         local i=$(( exti + __insert))
@@ -50,14 +55,17 @@ function getDiffChanges() {
 }
 
 function main() {
-        # Switch into the REPODIR
-        pushd $REPODIR
+        # Switch into the REPODIR (silently)
+        pushd $REPODIR 1> /dev/null
         
         # Iterate over all subdirectories
         for dir in $REPODIR/*/
         do
                 dir=${dir%*/}
-                echo ${dir##*/}
+
+                if [ "$VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                        echo ${dir##*/}
+                fi
         
                 # enter directory
                 cd ${dir##*/}
@@ -68,7 +76,10 @@ function main() {
                 # Add to the total commit counter
                 commitcounter=$((commitcounter + commtemp))
                 # Output the commit counter of the current iteration
-                echo $commtemp
+
+                if [ "$VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                        echo $commtemp
+                fi
         
                 getDiffChanges totalfiles totalinsertions totaldeletions
                         
@@ -76,8 +87,8 @@ function main() {
                 cd ..
         done
         
-        # Switch back to the original directory state
-        popd
+        # Switch back to the original directory state (silently)
+        popd 1> /dev/null
         
         
         echo "-------------------------"