diff --git a/AT5/txt2corpus.sh b/AT5/txt2corpus.sh
index a781cc9..f292930 100755
--- a/AT5/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/AT5/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 cd ../..
 rm -fr out
diff --git a/GG/txt2corpus.sh b/GG/txt2corpus.sh
index 8576e04..ade5aca 100755
--- a/GG/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/GG/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 cd ../..
 rm -fr out
diff --git a/NOS/txt2corpus.sh b/NOS/txt2corpus.sh
index 65d41c6..14a4c58 100755
--- a/NOS/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/NOS/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 # telling per bericht, niet per zin
 /net/corpora/nlnieuws/namen.sh -x C -s $corpus.data.dz > $corpus.cat.txt
diff --git a/NU/txt2corpus.sh b/NU/txt2corpus.sh
index 5f8ae5d..fe43bc5 100755
--- a/NU/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/NU/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 # telling per bericht, niet per zin
 /net/corpora/nlnieuws/namen.sh -x T -s $corpus.data.dz > $corpus.tag.txt
diff --git a/NieuwsNL/txt2corpus.sh b/NieuwsNL/txt2corpus.sh
index 61c0b11..c41fbb2 100755
--- a/NieuwsNL/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/NieuwsNL/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 # telling per bericht, niet per zin
 /net/corpora/nlnieuws/namen.sh -x T -s $corpus.data.dz > $corpus.tag.txt
diff --git a/Oog/txt2corpus.sh b/Oog/txt2corpus.sh
index 6cba832..b94cf9a 100755
--- a/Oog/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/Oog/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 # telling per bericht, niet per zin
 /net/corpora/nlnieuws/namen.sh -x T -s $corpus.data.dz > $corpus.tag.txt
diff --git a/RO/txt2corpus.sh b/RO/txt2corpus.sh
index a4b0545..f9e88e1 100755
--- a/RO/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/RO/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 # telling per bericht, niet per zin
 /net/corpora/nlnieuws/namen.sh -x T -s $corpus.data.dz > $corpus.tag.txt
diff --git a/RTVNoord/txt2corpus.sh b/RTVNoord/txt2corpus.sh
index 138fccf..61cd640 100755
--- a/RTVNoord/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/RTVNoord/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 # telling per bericht, niet per zin
 /net/corpora/nlnieuws/namen.sh -x C -s $corpus.data.dz > $corpus.cat.txt
diff --git a/Sargasso/txt2corpus.sh b/Sargasso/txt2corpus.sh
index a89b861..ebd97fd 100755
--- a/Sargasso/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/Sargasso/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 # telling per bericht, niet per zin
 /net/corpora/nlnieuws/namen.sh -x T -s $corpus.data.dz > $corpus.tag.txt
diff --git a/Sikkom/txt2corpus.sh b/Sikkom/txt2corpus.sh
index d2df7be..6cce37c 100755
--- a/Sikkom/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/Sikkom/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 cd ../..
 rm -fr out
diff --git a/Tzum/txt2corpus.sh b/Tzum/txt2corpus.sh
index a69971a..f62eb7a 100755
--- a/Tzum/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/Tzum/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 # telling per bericht, niet per zin
 /net/corpora/nlnieuws/namen.sh -x T -s $corpus.data.dz > $corpus.tag.txt
diff --git a/VRT/txt2corpus.sh b/VRT/txt2corpus.sh
index 3c82ead..837b182 100755
--- a/VRT/txt2corpus.sh
+++ b/VRT/txt2corpus.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Alpino -flag treebank xml debug=1 end_hook=xml user_max=900000 -parse < $corpus.
 
 cd xml
 rm -f $corpus.data.dz $corpus.index
-alto -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml 2> /dev/null
+alto -q -o $corpus.data.dz *.xml
 
 # telling per bericht, niet per zin
 /net/corpora/nlnieuws/namen.sh -x C -s $corpus.data.dz > $corpus.cat.txt