diff --git a/src/tap/TAPSyncJob.java b/src/tap/TAPSyncJob.java
index 726712873fde4feddddd14505922c02c47d49f79..0f26d275d67e8512c1d7c73fffcb8d15741a8abe 100644
--- a/src/tap/TAPSyncJob.java
+++ b/src/tap/TAPSyncJob.java
@@ -107,11 +107,9 @@ public class TAPSyncJob {
 		boolean timeout = false;
 
 		try{
-			System.out.println("Joining...");
 			thread.join(tapParams.getExecutionDuration());
 			if (thread.isAlive()){
 				timeout = true;
-				System.out.println("Aborting...");
 				thread.interrupt();
 				thread.join(waitForStop);
 			}