diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c0b4eb..ce5188b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="zeroros",
-    version="1.0.2",
+    version="1.0.4",
     description="ZeroROS middleware",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/src/zeroros/publisher.py b/src/zeroros/publisher.py
index 4665aa3..81b3577 100644
--- a/src/zeroros/publisher.py
+++ b/src/zeroros/publisher.py
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ def __init__(
         message_class: type[Message],
         ip: str = "127.0.0.1",
         port: int = 5555,
+        verbose: bool = False,
     ):
-        print("Creating publisher for topic: ", topic)
+        if verbose:
+            print("Creating publisher for topic: ", topic)
         self.topic = validate_topic(topic)
         self.message_class = message_class
         self.ip = ip
diff --git a/src/zeroros/subscriber.py b/src/zeroros/subscriber.py
index 272cff6..8f78f85 100644
--- a/src/zeroros/subscriber.py
+++ b/src/zeroros/subscriber.py
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ def __init__(
         callback_handle: callable,
         ip: str = "127.0.0.1",
         port: int = 5556,
+        verbose: bool = False,
     ):
         self.ip = ip
         self.port = port
-        print("Subscribing to topic: ", topic)
+        self.verbose = verbose
+        if self.verbose:
+            print("Subscribing to topic: ", topic)
         self.topic = validate_topic(topic)
         self.message_class = message_class
         self.url = "tcp://" + str(self.ip) + ":" + str(self.port)
@@ -47,7 +50,8 @@ def listen(self, callback_handle: callable):
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error for topic {self.topic} on {self.ip}:{self.port}: {e}")
             time.sleep(0.05)
-        print("Stopping subscriber")
+        if self.verbose:
+            print("Stopping subscriber")
         # Check if the socket is still open
         if self.sock.closed is False:
             self.sock.close()