diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb b/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb
index 6929f28..13d49e6 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/net/nntp.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class NNTP
   CRLF = "\r\n"
 
   def initialize(host, port=NNTP_PORT, user=nil, password=nil, readermode=nil)
-    @debuglevel = 2
+    @debuglevel = 0
     @host = host
     if port then @port = port else @port = NNTP_PORT end
     @socket = TCPSocket.new @host, @port