diff --git a/expose.h b/expose.h
index c228f0a5d..fbed6ca3f 100644
--- a/expose.h
+++ b/expose.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct sd_generation_inputs
     const int height;
     const int seed;
     const char * sample_method;
+    const bool quiet = false;
 };
 struct sd_generation_outputs
 {
diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index a8f392662..46b20d687 100644
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ class sd_generation_inputs(ctypes.Structure):
                 ("width", ctypes.c_int),
                 ("height", ctypes.c_int),
                 ("seed", ctypes.c_int),
-                ("sample_method", ctypes.c_char_p)]
+                ("sample_method", ctypes.c_char_p),
+                ("quiet", ctypes.c_bool)]
 
 class sd_generation_outputs(ctypes.Structure):
     _fields_ = [("status", ctypes.c_int),
@@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ def sd_generate(genparams):
     height = genparams.get("height", 512)
     seed = genparams.get("seed", -1)
     sample_method = genparams.get("sampler_name", "k_euler_a")
+    is_quiet = True if args.quiet else False
 
     #clean vars
     width = width - (width%64)
@@ -544,6 +546,7 @@ def sd_generate(genparams):
     inputs.height = height
     inputs.seed = seed
     inputs.sample_method = sample_method.lower().encode("UTF-8")
+    inputs.quiet = is_quiet
     ret = handle.sd_generate(inputs)
     outstr = ""
     if ret.status==1:
diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp b/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp
index e66182e40..6baca190e 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/sdtype_adapter.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ sd_generation_outputs sdtype_generate(const sd_generation_inputs inputs)
     sd_image_t * results;
     sd_image_t* control_image = NULL;
 
+    bool is_quiet = inputs.quiet;
+
     //sanitize prompts, remove quotes and limit lengths
     std::string cleanprompt = clean_input_prompt(inputs.prompt);
     std::string cleannegprompt = clean_input_prompt(inputs.negative_prompt);
@@ -267,7 +269,10 @@ sd_generation_outputs sdtype_generate(const sd_generation_inputs inputs)
     sd_params->width = inputs.width;
     sd_params->height = inputs.height;
 
-    printf("\nGenerating Image (%d steps)\n",inputs.sample_steps);
+    if(!is_quiet)
+    {
+        printf("\nGenerating Image (%d steps)\n",inputs.sample_steps);
+    }
     fflush(stdout);
     std::string sampler = inputs.sample_method;
 
@@ -302,7 +307,7 @@ sd_generation_outputs sdtype_generate(const sd_generation_inputs inputs)
 
     if (sd_params->mode == TXT2IMG) {
 
-         if(sddebugmode==1)
+         if(!is_quiet && sddebugmode==1)
         {
             printf("\nPROMPT:%s\nNPROMPT:%s\nCLPSKP:%d\nCFGSCLE:%f\nW:%d\nH:%d\nSM:%d\nSTEP:%d\nSEED:%d\nBATCH:%d\nCIMG:%d\nCSTR:%f\n\n",
             sd_params->prompt.c_str(),