diff --git a/Snakefile b/Snakefile
index c3d7e498218acbdc06426107b77c642f88089b83..86d9cdb441158a642cdab4eb50e83f73a9b4c419 100644
--- a/Snakefile
+++ b/Snakefile
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ else:
 #     return False
 #
 
-
-print("the number of threads to be used is", max_threads)
+# 
+# print("the number of threads to be used is", max_threads)
 
 if "Results" not in config:
         config["Results"] = "results"