diff --git a/mbtrack2/tracking/parallel.py b/mbtrack2/tracking/parallel.py
index 083bfdbcbd783da6aeb13404f8cf2be2d3b1a800..6ef184614be7fb356d32bb783750986d0889825f 100644
--- a/mbtrack2/tracking/parallel.py
+++ b/mbtrack2/tracking/parallel.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ class Mpi:
         self.MPI = MPI
         self.comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD
         self.rank = self.comm.Get_rank()
+        if self.rank != 0:
+            sys.stdout = open('/dev/null', 'w')
+            sys.stderr = open('/dev/null', 'w')
         self.size = self.comm.Get_size()
         self.write_table(filling_pattern)