diff --git a/src/readspecies.f90 b/src/readspecies.f90
index bfd998642d38da7c50628e09b09715844dfa6c0e..94bcb877d55b225f306bb01fe1e8a6508d290b73 100644
--- a/src/readspecies.f90
+++ b/src/readspecies.f90
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ subroutine readspecies(id_spec,pos_spec)
   specnum(pos_spec)=id_spec
   write(aspecnumb,'(i3.3)') specnum(pos_spec)
   open(unitspecies,file=path(1)(1:length(1))//'SPECIES/SPECIES_'//aspecnumb,status='old',form='formatted',err=998)
-  !write(*,*) 'reading SPECIES',specnum(pos_spec)
+ 
+  if (verbosity.gt.0) then
+    write(*,*) 'reading SPECIES',specnum(pos_spec)
+  endif
 
   ASSSPEC=.FALSE.