diff --git a/author.py b/author.py
index b748029..c47e316 100644
--- a/author.py
+++ b/author.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def author(id):
     ### DDP: should this be request.form or request.values?
     alert="Success"
     author_form = AuthorForm(request.form)
-    print( author_form.validate_on_submit() )
     if request.method == 'POST' and author_form.validate_on_submit():
         id = request.form['id']
         author = Author.query.get(id)
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ def author(id):
             message="Sorry, Deleting unsupported at present"
             alert="Danger"
         else:
-            print( "seems to be saving" )
             author.firstnames = request.form['firstnames']
             author.surname = request.form['surname']
             db.session.commit()