diff --git a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSys.cpp b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSys.cpp
index 7b62e7e844e975acddd8c71b395b65b72d997dd2..22701c2a4dbbf814a5a839411e09631123d00d87 100644
--- a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSys.cpp
+++ b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSys.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ namespace Nektar
                                    &pLocToGloMap):
             m_linSysKey(pKey),
             m_expList(pExpList),
-            m_robinBCInfo(m_expList.lock()->GetRobinBCInfo())
+            m_robinBCInfo(m_expList.lock()->GetRobinBCInfo()),
+            m_verbose(m_expList.lock()->GetSession()->
+                      DefinesCmdLineArgument("verbose"))
         {
         }
 
diff --git a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSys.h b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSys.h
index 3c1fe6791edcc612b9fe13e2d9b1a471fa7c0bd7..b977df3d0d9f128fe13c646514ff589940be2ad3 100644
--- a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSys.h
+++ b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSys.h
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ namespace Nektar
             const boost::weak_ptr<ExpList>       m_expList;
             /// Robin boundary info
             const std::map<int, RobinBCInfoSharedPtr> m_robinBCInfo;
+            // Provide verbose output
+            bool                                 m_verbose;
 
             virtual int                     v_GetNumBlocks      ();
             virtual DNekScalMatSharedPtr    v_GetBlock          (unsigned int n);
diff --git a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysIterative.cpp b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysIterative.cpp
index be45c145e9545b728826d3bb23b90d3610390cec..cdfb9ac70225742fa021a172c826a9e768981a77 100644
--- a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysIterative.cpp
+++ b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysIterative.cpp
@@ -61,16 +61,12 @@ namespace Nektar
                   m_useProjection(false),
                   m_numPrevSols(0)
         {
-            LibUtilities::SessionReaderSharedPtr vSession
-                                            = pExpList.lock()->GetSession();
-
             m_tolerance = pLocToGloMap->GetIterativeTolerance();
             m_maxiter   = pLocToGloMap->GetMaxIterations();
 
             LibUtilities::CommSharedPtr vComm = m_expList.lock()->GetComm()->GetRowComm();
             m_root    = (vComm->GetRank())? false : true;
-            m_verbose = (vSession->DefinesCmdLineArgument("verbose"))? true :false;
-            
+
             int successiveRHS;
             
             if((successiveRHS = pLocToGloMap->GetSuccessiveRHS()))
diff --git a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysIterative.h b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysIterative.h
index e6150c21a5e8b93e1c4155a2b23a16b6928ad4ab..6fa4c3a291e1465b46c58353eb755f1c9a94cbf9 100644
--- a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysIterative.h
+++ b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysIterative.h
@@ -85,9 +85,8 @@ namespace Nektar
             /// Whether to apply projection technique
             bool                                        m_useProjection;
 
-            /// Provide verbose output and root if parallel. 
+            /// Root if parallel
             bool                                        m_root;
-            bool                                        m_verbose;
 
             /// Storage for solutions to previous linear problems
             boost::circular_buffer<Array<OneD, NekDouble> > m_prevLinSol;
diff --git a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysXxtFull.cpp b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysXxtFull.cpp
index 6398dbdf6b088d08e12f52ff7ff4827e1cab7ce1..2b393b7e1676014e5aa31a52b05b9b237753c9a3 100644
--- a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysXxtFull.cpp
+++ b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysXxtFull.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ namespace Nektar
             // Set up XXT and output some stats
             LibUtilities::CommSharedPtr vComm = pLocToGloMap->GetComm();
             m_crsData = Xxt::Init(nLocal, vId, m_Ai, m_Aj, m_Ar, vComm);
-            Xxt::nektar_crs_stats(m_crsData);
+            if (m_verbose)
+            {
+                Xxt::nektar_crs_stats(m_crsData);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysXxtStaticCond.cpp b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysXxtStaticCond.cpp
index 45c39bb77094f6d39120427277175ba089c0648f..cc05ac96c04358b7c8b5e8e898300367023d24ad 100644
--- a/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysXxtStaticCond.cpp
+++ b/library/MultiRegions/GlobalLinSysXxtStaticCond.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,10 @@ namespace Nektar
             // Set up XXT and output some stats
             LibUtilities::CommSharedPtr vComm = pLocToGloMap->GetComm()->GetRowComm();
             m_crsData = Xxt::Init(nLocal, vId, m_Ai, m_Aj, m_Ar, vComm);
-            Xxt::nektar_crs_stats(m_crsData);
+            if (m_verbose)
+            {
+                Xxt::nektar_crs_stats(m_crsData);
+            }
         }
 
         GlobalLinSysStaticCondSharedPtr GlobalLinSysXxtStaticCond::v_Recurse(