diff --git a/src/GF/Canon/GetGFC.hs b/src/GF/Canon/GetGFC.hs
index 225b0712a..8bf2fab82 100644
--- a/src/GF/Canon/GetGFC.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Canon/GetGFC.hs
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ getCanonModule file = do
 getCanonGrammar :: FilePath -> IOE CanonGrammar
 getCanonGrammar file = do
   s <- ioeIO $ readFileIf file
-  c <- ioeErr $ err2err $ pCanon $ myLexer s
+  c <- ioeErr {- $ err2err -} $ pCanon $ myLexer s
   return $ canon2grammar c
diff --git a/src/GF/Compile/Compile.hs b/src/GF/Compile/Compile.hs
index 88f601a18..cfe8376ec 100644
--- a/src/GF/Compile/Compile.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Compile/Compile.hs
@@ -87,15 +87,16 @@ compileModule opts1 st0 file = do
   let ps = if useFileOpt 
              then (map (prefixPathName fpath) ps0)
              else ps0
-  ioeIO $ putStrLn $ "module search path:" +++ show ps ----
+  let ioeIOIf = if oElem beSilent opts then (const (return ())) else ioeIO
+  ioeIOIf $ putStrLn $ "module search path:" +++ show ps ----
   let putp = putPointE opts
   let st = st0 --- if useFileOpt then emptyShellState else st0
   let rfs = readFiles st
   let file' = if useFileOpt then justFileName file else file -- to find file itself
   files <- getAllFiles opts ps rfs file'
-  ioeIO $ putStrLn $ "files to read:" +++ show files ----
+  ioeIOIf $ putStrLn $ "files to read:" +++ show files ----
   let names = map justModuleName files
-  ioeIO $ putStrLn $ "modules to include:" +++ show names ----
+  ioeIOIf $ putStrLn $ "modules to include:" +++ show names ----
   let env0 = compileEnvShSt st names
   (_,sgr,cgr) <- foldM (compileOne opts) env0 files
   t <- ioeIO getNowTime
diff --git a/src/GF/Compile/GetGrammar.hs b/src/GF/Compile/GetGrammar.hs
index a9cae513a..4e641dc3d 100644
--- a/src/GF/Compile/GetGrammar.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Compile/GetGrammar.hs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ getSourceModule :: FilePath -> IOE SourceModule
 getSourceModule file = do
   string    <- readFileIOE file
   let tokens = myLexer string
-  mo1  <- ioeErr $ err2err $ pModDef tokens
+  mo1  <- ioeErr $ {- err2err $ -} pModDef tokens
   ioeErr $ transModDef mo1
 
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ parseOldGrammar :: FilePath -> IOE ([FilePath],[A.TopDef])
 parseOldGrammar file = do
   putStrE $ "reading old file" +++ file
   s <- ioeIO $ readFileIf file
-  A.OldGr incl topdefs <- ioeErr $ err2err $ pOldGrammar $ oldLexer $ fixNewlines s
+  A.OldGr incl topdefs <- ioeErr $ {- err2err $ -} pOldGrammar $ oldLexer $ fixNewlines s
   includes <- ioeErr $ transInclude incl
   return (includes, topdefs)
 
diff --git a/src/GF/Compile/PGrammar.hs b/src/GF/Compile/PGrammar.hs
index e2fdebd58..54c152496 100644
--- a/src/GF/Compile/PGrammar.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Compile/PGrammar.hs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import Operations
 
 pTerm :: String -> Err Term
 pTerm s = do
-  e <- err2err $ pExp $ myLexer s
+  e <- {- err2err $ -} pExp $ myLexer s
   transExp e
 
 pTrm :: String -> Term
diff --git a/src/Today.hs b/src/Today.hs
index c8f07c07a..f9ac9d793 100644
--- a/src/Today.hs
+++ b/src/Today.hs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-module Today where today = "Fri May 28 15:17:28 CEST 2004"
+module Today where today = "Thu Jun  3 19:06:03 CEST 2004"