diff --git a/cmd/crawler/main.go b/cmd/crawler/main.go
index 2042d79..c10d6f8 100644
--- a/cmd/crawler/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crawler/main.go
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ func main() {
 		log.Printf("correctly added %d init pubkeys", len(config.InitPubkeys))
 	}
 
-	go printStats(ctx, events, pubkeys)
+	if config.PrintStats {
+		go printStats(ctx, events, pubkeys)
+	}
 
 	var producers sync.WaitGroup
 	var consumers sync.WaitGroup
diff --git a/cmd/sync/main.go b/cmd/sync/main.go
index fd64a60..cd890ef 100644
--- a/cmd/sync/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sync/main.go
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ func main() {
 		nostr.KindFollowList, // no need to sync other event kinds
 	}
 
-	go printStats(ctx, events, pubkeys)
+	if config.PrintStats {
+		go printStats(ctx, events, pubkeys)
+	}
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(3)