diff --git a/jrunner/src/main/java/jrunner/jrunner.java b/jrunner/src/main/java/jrunner/jrunner.java
index 348c6c7..66d7e2f 100644
--- a/jrunner/src/main/java/jrunner/jrunner.java
+++ b/jrunner/src/main/java/jrunner/jrunner.java
@@ -136,12 +136,7 @@ public class jrunner {
         // Detect query mode when destination flags are not provided
         queryMode = dcu.isEmpty() && dcn.isEmpty() && dcp.isEmpty() && dt.isEmpty();
 
-        if (queryMode) {
-            System.err.println("------------query mode------------------------------------");
-            System.err.println("source db uri:        " + scu);
-            System.err.println("source db username:   " + scn);
-            System.err.println("output format:        " + outputFormat);
-        } else {
+        if (!queryMode) {
             System.out.println("------------db info---------------------------------------");
             System.out.println("source db uri:        " + scu);
             System.out.println("source db username:   " + scn);
@@ -165,9 +160,7 @@ public class jrunner {
 
         //-------------------------------------------establish connections-------------------------------------------------
         //source database
-        if (queryMode) {
-            System.err.println("------------open database connection---------------------");
-        } else {
+        if (!queryMode) {
             System.out.println("------------open database connections---------------------");
         }
         try {
@@ -176,8 +169,10 @@ public class jrunner {
             System.out.println("issue connecting to source:");
             e.printStackTrace();
             System.exit(0);
-        } 
-        System.out.println(" ✅ source database");
+        }
+        if (!queryMode) {
+            System.out.println(" ✅ source database");
+        }
         //destination database
         if (!queryMode) {
             try {
@@ -194,7 +189,9 @@ public class jrunner {
             stmt = scon.createStatement();
             stmt.setFetchSize(10000);
             tsStart = Timestamp.from(Instant.now());
-            System.out.println(tsStart);
+            if (!queryMode) {
+                System.out.println(tsStart);
+            }
             rs = stmt.executeQuery(sq); 
             //while (rs.next()) {
             //   System.out.println(rs.getString("x"));
@@ -208,8 +205,10 @@ public class jrunner {
         //---------------------------------------build meta---------------------------------------------------------------
         try {
             cols = rs.getMetaData().getColumnCount();
-        System.out.println("------------source metadata-------------------------------");
-            System.out.println("number of cols: " + cols);
+            if (!queryMode) {
+                System.out.println("------------source metadata-------------------------------");
+                System.out.println("number of cols: " + cols);
+            }
             getv = new String[cols + 1];
             dtn  = new String[cols + 1];
         } catch (SQLException e) {
@@ -219,7 +218,9 @@ public class jrunner {
         try {
             for (int i = 1; i <= cols; i++){
                 dtn[i] = rs.getMetaData().getColumnTypeName(i);
-                System.out.println("  * " + rs.getMetaData().getColumnName(i) + ": " + dtn[i]);
+                if (!queryMode) {
+                    System.out.println("  * " + rs.getMetaData().getColumnName(i) + ": " + dtn[i]);
+                }
             }
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
@@ -418,15 +419,8 @@ public class jrunner {
                 outputTSV(rs, cols);
                 break;
             case "table":
-                System.err.println("Table format not yet implemented, defaulting to CSV");
-                outputCSV(rs, cols);
-                break;
             case "json":
-                System.err.println("JSON format not yet implemented, defaulting to CSV");
-                outputCSV(rs, cols);
-                break;
             default:
-                System.err.println("Unknown format: " + format + ", defaulting to CSV");
                 outputCSV(rs, cols);
                 break;
         }