diff --git a/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/lib/backgroundrb/bdrb_job_queue.rb b/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/lib/backgroundrb/bdrb_job_queue.rb
index ce2d51d..56512e2 100644
--- a/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/lib/backgroundrb/bdrb_job_queue.rb
+++ b/vendor/plugins/backgroundrb/lib/backgroundrb/bdrb_job_queue.rb
@@ -2,16 +2,25 @@
 
 class BdrbJobQueue < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_uniqueness_of :job_key,:scope => [:worker_name,:worker_key]
+  @@verbose_logging = false
+  cattr_writer :verbose_logging
+  
   # find next task from the table
+  def self.do_find_next(worker_name,worker_key)
+    unless worker_key
+      #use ruby time stamps for time calculations as db might have different times than what is calculated by ruby/rails
+      t_job = find(:first,:conditions => [" worker_name = ? AND taken = ? AND scheduled_at <= ? ", worker_name, 0, Time.now.utc ],:lock => true)
+    else
+      t_job = find(:first,:conditions => [" worker_name = ? AND taken = ? AND worker_key = ? AND scheduled_at <= ? ", worker_name, 0, worker_key, Time.now.utc ],:lock => true)
+    end
+    t_job
+  end
+  
   def self.find_next(worker_name,worker_key = nil)
     returned_job = nil
     transaction do
-      unless worker_key
-        #use ruby time stamps for time calculations as db might have different times than what is calculated by ruby/rails
-        t_job = find(:first,:conditions => [" worker_name = ? AND taken = ? AND scheduled_at <= ? ", worker_name, 0, Time.now.utc ],:lock => true)
-      else
-        t_job = find(:first,:conditions => [" worker_name = ? AND taken = ? AND worker_key = ? AND scheduled_at <= ? ", worker_name, 0, worker_key, Time.now.utc ],:lock => true)
-      end
+      t_job = @@verbose_logging ? do_find_next(worker_name,worker_key) : @logger.silence { do_find_next(worker_name,worker_key) }
+
       if t_job
         t_job.taken = 1
         t_job.started_at = Time.now.utc
@@ -42,12 +51,16 @@ class BdrbJobQueue < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   # remove a job from table
-  def self.remove_job(options = { })
+  def do_remove_job(options)
     transaction do
       t_job_id = find(:first, :conditions => options.merge(:finished => 0,:taken => 0),:lock => true)
       delete(t_job_id)
     end
   end
+  
+  def self.remove_job(options = { })
+    @@verbose_logging ? do_remove_job : @logger.silence { do_remove_job(options) }
+  end
 
   # Mark a job as finished
   def finish!