diff --git a/sparsefn.cc b/sparsefn.cc
index cf97bed1c8f791656bacac54b2f3021244489596..4c3539ff79c6c6faed7e5d4081f848cc3758cf04 100644
--- a/sparsefn.cc
+++ b/sparsefn.cc
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ namespace MISCMATHS {
   
     int every = Max(1,A.Ncols()/nsamps);
     //    int every = 1;
-    OUT(every);
+    //    OUT(every);
 
     float tr = 0.0;