diff --git a/lib/request/inject.py b/lib/request/inject.py
index 01ecb3597..400384864 100644
--- a/lib/request/inject.py
+++ b/lib/request/inject.py
@@ -405,12 +405,19 @@ def goStacked(expression, silent=False):
 
     return payload, page
 
-def goError(expression):
+def goError(expression, suppressOutput=False):
     #expression = cleanQuery(expression)
 
+    if suppressOutput:
+        pushValue(conf.verbose)
+        conf.verbose = 0
+
     if conf.direct:
         return direct(expression), None
 
     result = errorUse(expression)
 
+    if suppressOutput:
+        conf.verbose = popValue()
+
     return result
diff --git a/lib/techniques/error/test.py b/lib/techniques/error/test.py
index dae7beff9..7b5c2da4d 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/error/test.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/error/test.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def errorTest():
 
     randInt = getUnicode(randomInt(1))
     query = queries[kb.dbms].case.query % ("%s=%s" % (randInt, randInt))
-    result = inject.goError(query)
+    result = inject.goError(query, True)
 
     if result:
         infoMsg  = "the web application supports error based injection "