diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5554129..5c045fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "method-override": "^2.1.2",
     "morgan": "^1.3.1",
     "node-uuid": "^1.4.2",
+    "object-assign": "^4.0.1",
     "pluralize": "^1.1.2",
     "underscore-db": "^0.9.1",
     "update-notifier": "^0.5.0",
diff --git a/src/cli/index.js b/src/cli/index.js
index 92cf548..dd16162 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/src/cli/index.js
@@ -45,9 +45,14 @@ module.exports = function () {
         alias: 'i',
         description: 'Set database id property (e.g. _id)',
         default: 'id'
+      },
+      quiet: {
+        alias: 'q',
+        description: 'Suppress log messages from output'
       }
     })
     .boolean('watch')
+    .boolean('quiet')
     .help('help').alias('help', 'h')
     .version(pkg.version).alias('version', 'v')
     .example('$0 db.json', '')
diff --git a/src/cli/run.js b/src/cli/run.js
index a87fa95..97acbe3 100644
--- a/src/cli/run.js
+++ b/src/cli/run.js
@@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ function createApp (source, object, routes, argv) {
   var defaults
   if (argv.static) {
     defaults = jsonServer.defaults({
+      logger: !argv.quiet,
       static: path.join(process.cwd(), argv.static)
     })
   } else {
-    defaults = jsonServer.defaults()
+    defaults = jsonServer.defaults({
+      logger: !argv.quiet
+    })
   }
 
   app.use(defaults)
@@ -79,6 +82,11 @@ module.exports = function (argv) {
     process.exit(1)
   }
 
+  // noop log fn
+  if (argv.quiet) {
+    console.log = function () {}
+  }
+
   console.log()
   console.log(chalk.cyan('  \\{^_^}/ hi!'))
 
diff --git a/src/server/defaults.js b/src/server/defaults.js
index 3b1646e..b6024a2 100644
--- a/src/server/defaults.js
+++ b/src/server/defaults.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var express = require('express')
 var logger = require('morgan')
 var cors = require('cors')
 var errorhandler = require('errorhandler')
+var objectAssign = require('object-assign')
 
 module.exports = function (opts) {
   var userDir = path.join(process.cwd(), 'public')
@@ -12,17 +13,19 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
     userDir :
     defaultDir
 
-  opts = opts || { static: staticDir }
+  opts = objectAssign({ logger: true, static: staticDir }, opts)
 
   var arr = []
 
   // Logger
-  arr.push(logger('dev', {
-    skip: function (req, res) {
-      return process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ||
-        req.path === '/favicon.ico'
-    }
-  }))
+  if (opts.logger) {
+    arr.push(logger('dev', {
+      skip: function (req, res) {
+        return process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ||
+          req.path === '/favicon.ico'
+      }
+    }))
+  }
 
   // Enable CORS for all the requests, including static files
   arr.push(cors({ origin: true, credentials: true }))