diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp
index 3258d2d9..cbaca6d7 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp
@@ -984,7 +984,8 @@ namespace netgen
     stringstream str;
     str << "p" << id << ": got " << GetNE() << " elements and " 
 	 << GetNSE() << " surface elements";
-    cout << str.str() << endl;
+    PrintMessage(2, str.str());
+    // cout << str.str() << endl;
     // PrintMessage (2, "Got ", GetNE(), " elements and ", GetNSE(), " surface elements");
     // PrintMessage (2, "Got ", GetNSE(), " surface elements");