diff --git a/elasticparser/elastic_parser_input_exciting.py b/elasticparser/elastic_parser_input_exciting.py
index e4fd63be0f7231409683cfe5eb73c0dddd8e48a0..6ba57f6ad4df78424c25c18d29edc308b461ea72 100644
--- a/elasticparser/elastic_parser_input_exciting.py
+++ b/elasticparser/elastic_parser_input_exciting.py
@@ -77,6 +77,4 @@ class InputHandler(xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler):
 
 def parseInput(inF, backend):
     handler = InputHandler(backend)
-    logging.error("will parse")
     xml.sax.parse(inF, handler)
-    logging.error("did parse")