diff --git a/src/defs.h b/src/defs.h
index c170d03a..a2df540d 100644
--- a/src/defs.h
+++ b/src/defs.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ struct import {
 
 
 struct __data {
-   int folder;
+   int folder, quiet;
    char recursive_folder_names;
    char starttls[TINYBUFSIZE];
    struct node *mydomains[MAXHASH];
diff --git a/src/import.c b/src/import.c
index 8de28d01..b6fee89f 100644
--- a/src/import.c
+++ b/src/import.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int import_message(char *filename, struct session_data *sdata, struct __data *da
    rule = check_againt_ruleset(data->archiving_rules, &state, sdata->tot_len, sdata->spam_message);
 
    if(rule){
-      printf("discarding %s by archiving policy: %s\n", filename, rule);
+      if(data->quiet == 0) printf("discarding %s by archiving policy: %s\n", filename, rule);
       rc = OK;
    }
    else {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int import_message(char *filename, struct session_data *sdata, struct __data *da
                         counters.c_duplicate = 1;
                         update_counters(sdata, data, &counters, cfg);
 
-                        printf("duplicate: %s (id: %s)\n", filename, sdata->ttmpfile);
+                        if(data->quiet == 0)printf("duplicate: %s (id: %s)\n", filename, sdata->ttmpfile);
                         break;
 
       default:
diff --git a/src/pilerimport.c b/src/pilerimport.c
index 0ce0d6c3..9eb27ff0 100644
--- a/src/pilerimport.c
+++ b/src/pilerimport.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 extern char *optarg;
 extern int optind;
 
-int quiet=0;
 int dryrun=0;
 int remove_after_successful_import = 0;
 int import_from_gui=0;
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct __data
             }
             else unlink(fname);
 
-            if(quiet == 0) printf("processed: %7d\r", tot_msgs); fflush(stdout);
+            if(data->quiet == 0) printf("processed: %7d\r", tot_msgs); fflush(stdout);
          }
 
          snprintf(fname, sizeof(fname)-1, "%ld-%d", t, tot_msgs);
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ int import_from_mailbox(char *mailbox, struct session_data *sdata, struct __data
       }
       else unlink(fname);
 
-      if(quiet == 0) printf("processed: %7d\r", tot_msgs); fflush(stdout);
+      if(data->quiet == 0) printf("processed: %7d\r", tot_msgs); fflush(stdout);
    }
 
    fclose(F);
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ int import_from_maildir(char *directory, struct session_data *sdata, struct __da
 
                i++;
 
-               if(quiet == 0) printf("processed: %7d\r", *tot_msgs); fflush(stdout);
+               if(data->quiet == 0) printf("processed: %7d\r", *tot_msgs); fflush(stdout);
             }
             else {
                printf("%s is not a file\n", fname);
@@ -316,10 +315,10 @@ int import_from_imap_server(char *server, char *username, char *password, int po
             }
 
             if(skipmatch == 1){
-               if(quiet == 0) printf("SKIPPING FOLDER: %s\n", (char *)q->str);
+               if(data->quiet == 0) printf("SKIPPING FOLDER: %s\n", (char *)q->str);
             }
             else {
-               if(quiet == 0) printf("processing folder: %s... ", (char *)q->str);
+               if(data->quiet == 0) printf("processing folder: %s... ", (char *)q->str);
 
                if(process_imap_folder(sd, &seq, q->str, sdata, data, use_ssl, dryrun, cfg) == ERR) ret = ERR;
             }
@@ -479,6 +478,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
    data.folder = 0;
    data.recursive_folder_names = 0;
+   data.quiet = 0;
 
    import.import_job_id = import.total_messages = import.processed_messages = 0;
    import.started = import.updated = import.finished = 0;
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
                     break;
 
          case 'q' :
-                    quiet = 1;
+                    data.quiet = 1;
                     break;
 
          case 'h' :
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
 
    close_database(&sdata);
 
-   if(quiet == 0) printf("\n");
+   if(data.quiet == 0) printf("\n");
 
    return rc;
 }