diff --git a/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py b/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
index 6a493be6..a7cc9d66 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/fpdb_import.py
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ class Importer:
                         if self.callHud:
                             #print "call to HUD here. handsId:",handsId
                             #pipe the Hands.id out to the HUD
-                            print "sending hand to hud", handsId, "pipe =", self.caller.pipe_to_hud
+                            #print "sending hand to hud", handsId, "pipe =", self.caller.pipe_to_hud
                             self.caller.pipe_to_hud.stdin.write("%s" % (handsId) + os.linesep)
                     except fpdb_simple.DuplicateError:
                         duplicates += 1