diff --git a/shreddit b/shreddit
index ccd8973..499446f 100755
--- a/shreddit
+++ b/shreddit
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config.read('shreddit.cfg')
 days = config.getint('main', 'days')
 whitelist = config.get('main', 'whitelist')
 sort = config.get('main', 'sort')
+verbose = config.getboolean('main', 'verbose')
 
 r = reddit.Reddit(user_agent="Shreddit-PRAW")
 # add user: <YourUsername> / pswd: <YourPassword> to the [reddit] config section
@@ -24,5 +25,6 @@ for comment in r.user.get_comments(limit=None, sort=sort):
         next
     now_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(comment.created)
     if now_time < before_time:
-        print 'Deleting: [%s]: "%s"' % (comment.subreddit, comment.body[:20])
+        if verbose:
+            print 'Deleting: [%s]: "%s"' % (comment.subreddit, comment.body[:20])
         comment.delete()
diff --git a/shreddit.cfg b/shreddit.cfg
index 175df50..1b93016 100644
--- a/shreddit.cfg
+++ b/shreddit.cfg
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # or can be edited in the reddit_api [reddit] section
 [main]
 days = 7
-
+sort = new
+verbose = True
 # Don't delete from these subreddits
 whitelist = AskScience, TheCulture, redditdev, sysadmin, programming
-
-sort = new