diff --git a/generic/fetch.sh b/generic/fetch.sh
index 4cb48cb1d050ef66170486e30039b81a87b4b2d0..72967bfae8ea96ffaabe57bcf906f602308ca776 100755
--- a/generic/fetch.sh
+++ b/generic/fetch.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ mkdir -p src
 
 if [ -e svn-sources.txt ]; then
 	tr -d '\r' < svn-sources.txt | while read repo branch; do
+		echo "Checking out svn repo: $repo / $branch"
 		if [ -n "${CLEANDATE+set}" ]; then
-			svn checkout -r "{$CLEANDATE}" $SVN_BASEURL/$repo/$branch src/$repo
+			svn checkout -q -r "{$CLEANDATE}" $SVN_BASEURL/$repo/$branch src/$repo
 		else 
-			svn checkout $SVN_BASEURL/$repo/$branch src/$repo
+			svn checkout -q $SVN_BASEURL/$repo/$branch src/$repo
 		fi
 	done
 fi