diff --git a/pillar/application/__init__.py b/pillar/application/__init__.py
index d746d82f..bc455546 100644
--- a/pillar/application/__init__.py
+++ b/pillar/application/__init__.py
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ logging.getLogger('werkzeug').setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG if app.config['DEBUG'] else logging.INFO)
-log.info('Pillar starting, debug=%s', app.config['DEBUG'])
+if app.config['DEBUG']:
+    log.info('Pillar starting, debug=%s', app.config['DEBUG'])
 
 bugsnag.configure(
     api_key=app.config['BUGSNAG_API_KEY'],
@@ -356,7 +357,6 @@ def after_replacing_user(item, original):
     """Push an update to the Algolia index when a user item is updated"""
     algolia_index_user_save(item)
 
-
 app.on_post_GET_users += post_GET_user
 app.on_replace_users += after_replacing_user
 
diff --git a/pillar/manage.py b/pillar/manage.py
index 9038d5ae..e0439055 100755
--- a/pillar/manage.py
+++ b/pillar/manage.py
@@ -644,11 +644,17 @@ def subscribe_node_owners():
 
 
 @manager.command
-def refresh_project_links(project, chunk_size=50):
+def refresh_project_links(project, chunk_size=50, quiet=False):
     """Regenerates almost-expired file links for a certain project."""
 
-    chunk_size = int(chunk_size)  # CLI parameters are passed as strings
+    if quiet:
+        import logging
+        from application import log
 
+        logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+        log.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    chunk_size = int(chunk_size)  # CLI parameters are passed as strings
     from application.modules import file_storage
     file_storage.refresh_links_for_project(project, chunk_size, 2 * 3600)