diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 091e48f..b373ba6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ help:
 rpms:
 	@echo $(TIMESTAMP) > build_timestamp
 	@echo "Building template: $(TEMPLATE_NAME)"
-	@createrepo -g $$PWD/comps-qubes-template.xml yum_repo_qubes/$(DIST) -o yum_repo_qubes/$(DIST) && \
+	@createrepo -q -g $$PWD/comps-qubes-template.xml yum_repo_qubes/$(DIST) -o yum_repo_qubes/$(DIST) && \
 	sudo -E ./fedorize_image fedorized_images/$(TEMPLATE_NAME).img clean_images/packages.list && \
 	sudo -E ./qubeize_image fedorized_images/$(TEMPLATE_NAME).img $(TEMPLATE_NAME) && \
 	./build_template_rpm $(TEMPLATE_NAME) || exit 1; \
diff --git a/add_3rd_party_software.sh b/add_3rd_party_software.sh
index 6c638a8..b682b5d 100755
--- a/add_3rd_party_software.sh
+++ b/add_3rd_party_software.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ INSTALLDIR=$PWD/mnt
 
 rpm -i --root=$INSTALLDIR 3rd_party_software/adobe-release-x86_64-*.noarch.rpm
 rpm --import --root=$INSTALLDIR mnt/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
-yum install -c $PWD/yum.conf -y --installroot=$INSTALLDIR flash-plugin
+yum install -c $PWD/yum.conf $YUM_OPTS -y --installroot=$INSTALLDIR flash-plugin
diff --git a/cleanup_image b/cleanup_image
index 861401f..cae3612 100755
--- a/cleanup_image
+++ b/cleanup_image
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ ls -als $IMG
 mount -o loop $IMG mnt || exit 1
 INSTALLDIR=`pwd`/mnt/
 rm -f $INSTALLDIR/var/lib/rpm/__db.00* $INSTALLDIR/var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock
-yum -c $PWD/yum.conf clean packages --installroot=$INSTALLDIR
+yum -c $PWD/yum.conf $YUM_OPTS clean packages --installroot=$INSTALLDIR
 
 # Make sure that rpm database has right format (for rpm version in template, not host)
 echo "--> Rebuilding rpm database..."
 chroot `pwd`/mnt /bin/rpm --rebuilddb 2> /dev/null
 
 echo "--> Compacting image file..."
-dd if=/dev/zero of=mnt/fillme bs=1M 2> /dev/null || true
+dd if=/dev/zero of=mnt/fillme bs=1M > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 sync
 rm mnt/fillme
 umount mnt
diff --git a/fedorize_image b/fedorize_image
index 499a610..72bc33c 100755
--- a/fedorize_image
+++ b/fedorize_image
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ echo "usage $0 <img_file_name> <package_list>"
 exit
 fi
 
+if [ "$VERBOSE" == "1" ]; then
+    YUM_OPTS="$YUM_OPTS -q"
+fi
 
 if [ -f $IMG ]; then
         echo "-> Image file already exists, assuming *update*..."
diff --git a/qubeize_image b/qubeize_image
index 36c7133..71adf96 100755
--- a/qubeize_image
+++ b/qubeize_image
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ if [ $ID != 0 ] ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ "$VERBOSE" == "1" ]; then
+    export YUM_OPTS="$YUM_OPTS -q"
+fi
+
 function cleanup() {
     if grep -q " $PWD/mnt " /proc/mounts; then
 	umount mnt/proc mnt