diff --git a/matlab/ep/extended_path.m b/matlab/ep/extended_path.m
index 99b0536869364383212f1fa69e93387c14474423..66b16eddf4b1b99993b4c1e620b7eea3f1cdf64d 100644
--- a/matlab/ep/extended_path.m
+++ b/matlab/ep/extended_path.m
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ function time_series = extended_path(initial_conditions,sample_size)
 global M_ options_ oo_
     
 debug = 0;
+options_.verbosity = options_.ep.verbosity;
 verbosity = options_.ep.verbosity+debug;
 
 % Test if bytecode and block options are used (these options are mandatory)
diff --git a/matlab/global_initialization.m b/matlab/global_initialization.m
index 52bbad9586a49720a08417ed3208e1477db0588f..ef14b253929ee707e798d53d46ec13a9c4929279 100644
--- a/matlab/global_initialization.m
+++ b/matlab/global_initialization.m
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ bayestopt_ = [];
 
 options_.console_mode = 0;
 
+options_.verbosity = 1;
+
 options_.terminal_condition = 0;
 options_.rplottype = 0;
 options_.smpl = 0;
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ options_.SpectralDensity = 0;
 % Extended path options
 %
 % Set verbose mode
-options_.ep.verbosity = 1;
+options_.ep.verbosity = 0;
 % Initialization of the perfect foresight equilibrium paths
 % * init=0, previous solution is used.  
 % * init=1, a path generated with the first order reduced form is used.
diff --git a/mex/sources/bytecode/bytecode.cc b/mex/sources/bytecode/bytecode.cc
index c6cec73370a9d7f39957487d467523fcb495d1cb..134c19f425445ae88b380701fc7f870cafea00e9 100644
--- a/mex/sources/bytecode/bytecode.cc
+++ b/mex/sources/bytecode/bytecode.cc
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@ main(int nrhs, const char *prhs[])
           nb_row_xd = row_x;
         }
     }
-  mxArray *ep = mxGetFieldByNumber(options_, 0, mxGetFieldNumber(options_, "ep"));
-  int verbose= int(*mxGetPr((mxGetFieldByNumber(ep, 0, mxGetFieldNumber(ep, "verbosity")))));
+  int verbose= int(*mxGetPr((mxGetFieldByNumber(options_, 0, mxGetFieldNumber(options_, "verbosity")))));
   if (verbose)
     print_it = true;
   int maxit_ = int (floor(*(mxGetPr(mxGetFieldByNumber(options_, 0, mxGetFieldNumber(options_, "maxit_"))))));