diff --git a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/content/NBIO.java b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/content/NBIO.java
index 7c7a84497..68d0da29a 100644
--- a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/content/NBIO.java
+++ b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/content/NBIO.java
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ public class NBIO implements NBPathsAPI.Facets {
     }
 
     public static List<String> readLines(String filename) {
-        System.err.println("loading broken file");
         Content<?> data = NBIO.all().prefix("data").name(filename).first().orElseThrow();
-        System.err.println("data:" + data.asPath());
         String[] split = data.getCharBuffer().toString().split("\n");
         return Arrays.asList(split);
     }