diff --git a/GeoModelCore/GeoModelKernel/GeoModelKernel/GeoVolumeTagCatalog.h b/GeoModelCore/GeoModelKernel/GeoModelKernel/GeoVolumeTagCatalog.h
index 6cba95e673dfc351c7c226112e94783c61fd9a5f..14316a73ca78adc71a4c4277b9093e4c9e471457 100644
--- a/GeoModelCore/GeoModelKernel/GeoModelKernel/GeoVolumeTagCatalog.h
+++ b/GeoModelCore/GeoModelKernel/GeoModelKernel/GeoVolumeTagCatalog.h
@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@ class GeoVolumeTagCatalog {
 public:
 	void addTaggedVolume(std::string category, std::string tag, GeoVPhysVol* v)
 	{
-		std::cout << "adding volume "<< v->getLogVol()->getName()<<" to category "<<category<<" with tag "<<tag<<std::endl;
 		theTags[category][tag]=v;	
 	} 
 	GeoVPhysVol* getTaggedVolume(std::string category, std::string tag)
 	{
-		std::cout << "getting volume "<< " with tag "<<tag<<" from category "<<category<<std::endl;
-		std::cout<<" getting volume "<<tag<<" pointer "<<theTags[category][tag]<<std::endl;
 		return theTags[category][tag];
 	}