diff --git a/src/engine.c b/src/engine.c
index 188386078fc6e06612c924adf8aede77798c5c60..31cc9abd629b08bf1575e2b92f0b3afd4d00d5df 100644
--- a/src/engine.c
+++ b/src/engine.c
@@ -2757,8 +2757,9 @@ void engine_init(struct engine *e, struct space *s,
       e->runners[k].cpuid = k;
       e->runners[k].qid = k * nr_queues / e->nr_threads;
     }
-    /* message( "runner %i on cpuid=%i with qid=%i." , e->runners[k].id , */
-    /* 	      e->runners[k].cpuid , e->runners[k].qid ); */
+    if (verbose)
+      message("runner %i on cpuid=%i with qid=%i.", e->runners[k].id,
+              e->runners[k].cpuid, e->runners[k].qid);
   }
 
 /* Free the affinity stuff */