diff --git a/configureENV.go b/configureENV.go
index 9cf49bc..a03d050 100644
--- a/configureENV.go
+++ b/configureENV.go
@@ -29,21 +29,24 @@ import (
 // err	# if everything goes wrong, the error
 //
 
-func ConfigureVerboseENV() error {
-	err := ConfigureENV()
+func ConfigureENV() error {
+	err := doConfigureENV()
+	if os.Getenv("FORGE_VERBOSE") == "true" {
 		log.Printf("FORGE_CONFIG   = %s\n", os.Getenv("FORGE_CONFIG"))
+		log.Printf("FORGE_REPOPB   = %s\n", os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOPB"))
+		log.Printf("FORGE_PATCHDIR = %s\n", os.Getenv("FORGE_PATCHDIR"))
+		log.Printf("FORGE_URL      = %s\n", os.Getenv("FORGE_URL"))
 		log.Printf("FORGE_GOSRC    = %s\n", os.Getenv("FORGE_GOSRC"))
 		log.Printf("FORGE_GOWORK   = %v\n", os.Getenv("FORGE_GOWORK"))
-		log.Printf("FORGE_REPOPB   = %s\n", os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOPB"))
-		log.Printf("FORGE_URL      = %s\n", os.Getenv("FORGE_URL"))
-		log.Printf("FORGE_PATCHDIR = %s\n", os.Getenv("FORGE_PATCHDIR"))
+		log.Printf("FORGE_VERBOSE  = %s\n", os.Getenv("FORGE_VERBOSE"))
 		log.Printf("HOSTNAME       = %s\n", os.Getenv("HOSTNAME"))
-		return err
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 // set the ENV vars
 // always set them to _something_ even when everything seems to be failing
-func ConfigureENV() error {
+func doConfigureENV() error {
 	var anyerr error
 	// setup the forge config dir
 	if os.Getenv("FORGE_CONFIG") == "" {