diff --git a/Simulation/G4Atlas/G4AtlasApps/python/PyG4Atlas.py b/Simulation/G4Atlas/G4AtlasApps/python/PyG4Atlas.py
index ad85057880205e88b00cbfc07abc4eea490ab301..8e4084656384e087a53d0eb73b81e604d1892a86 100644
--- a/Simulation/G4Atlas/G4AtlasApps/python/PyG4Atlas.py
+++ b/Simulation/G4Atlas/G4AtlasApps/python/PyG4Atlas.py
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ class G4AtlasEngine:
         """
         if "init_G4" not in self._InitList:
             G4AtlasEngine.log.debug(' G4AtlasEngine: _init_G4: init Geant4 ')
-            if G4AtlasEngine.log.level <= 30:
-                from G4AtlasApps.SimFlags import simFlags
-                simFlags.G4Commands += ['/run/verbose 2'] # FIXME make configurable based on Athena message level?
             G4AtlasEngine._ctrl.initializeG4(is_hive)
             self._InitList.append('init_G4')
             G4AtlasEngine._app_profiler('_init_G4: ')
diff --git a/Simulation/G4Atlas/G4AtlasApps/python/SimFlags.py b/Simulation/G4Atlas/G4AtlasApps/python/SimFlags.py
index 416c475b85bb9848fb90acf1cf3dfd75360503cb..c009729ff57f7b71a91de007787e48e4d6506f7d 100644
--- a/Simulation/G4Atlas/G4AtlasApps/python/SimFlags.py
+++ b/Simulation/G4Atlas/G4AtlasApps/python/SimFlags.py
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ class G4Commands(JobProperty):
     """
     statusOn = True
     allowedTypes = ['list']
-    StoredValue = []
+    StoredValue = ['/run/verbose 2'] # FIXME make configurable based on Athena message level?
 
 class UserActionConfig(JobProperty):
     """Configuration for UserActions