diff --git a/src/polymesh/algorithms/poisson-sampling.cc b/src/polymesh/algorithms/poisson-sampling.cc
index ae61886b2995f5f811f6ef144417e3da6900c911..63e37c2eea5a36635ccdb11d18719e4ba178a15c 100644
--- a/src/polymesh/algorithms/poisson-sampling.cc
+++ b/src/polymesh/algorithms/poisson-sampling.cc
@@ -440,9 +440,12 @@ std::pair<std::vector<std::vector<polymesh::vertex_handle>>, std::vector<tg::aab
                     node.sparse_grid.handle_in_cell[morton_index] = cur_point.vh;
 
                     // TODO just to show progress/that we are still running for larger point set..
-                    sampled++;
-                    if (sampled % (1000 * 5) == 0)
-                        std::cout << "sampled 5k more points -> " << sampled << std::endl;
+                    if (0)
+                    {
+                        sampled++;
+                        if (sampled % (1000 * 5) == 0)
+                            std::cout << "sampled 5k more points -> " << sampled << std::endl;
+                    }
 
                     continue;
                 }