diff --git a/llama_cpp/_utils.py b/llama_cpp/_utils.py
index 91d8fd6..1b61eec 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/_utils.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/_utils.py
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ class suppress_stdout_stderr(object):
     sys = sys
     os = os
 
+    def __init__(self, disable: bool = True):
+        self.disable = disable
+
     # Oddly enough this works better than the contextlib version
     def __enter__(self):
+        if self.disable:
+            return self
+
         self.outnull_file = self.open(self.os.devnull, "w")
         self.errnull_file = self.open(self.os.devnull, "w")
 
@@ -31,6 +37,9 @@ class suppress_stdout_stderr(object):
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, *_):
+        if self.disable:
+            return
+
         self.sys.stdout = self.old_stdout
         self.sys.stderr = self.old_stderr
 
diff --git a/llama_cpp/llama.py b/llama_cpp/llama.py
index 9af0588..d3b85c9 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/llama.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/llama.py
@@ -296,11 +296,8 @@ class Llama:
 
         self.numa = numa
         if not Llama.__backend_initialized:
-            if self.verbose:
+            with suppress_stdout_stderr(disable=self.verbose):
                 llama_cpp.llama_backend_init(self.numa)
-            else:
-                with suppress_stdout_stderr():
-                    llama_cpp.llama_backend_init(self.numa)
             Llama.__backend_initialized = True
 
         self.model_path = model_path
@@ -379,38 +376,23 @@ class Llama:
         if not os.path.exists(model_path):
             raise ValueError(f"Model path does not exist: {model_path}")
 
-        if verbose:
+        with suppress_stdout_stderr(disable=self.verbose):
             self.model = llama_cpp.llama_load_model_from_file(
                 self.model_path.encode("utf-8"), self.model_params
             )
-        else:
-            with suppress_stdout_stderr():
-                self.model = llama_cpp.llama_load_model_from_file(
-                    self.model_path.encode("utf-8"), self.model_params
-                )
         assert self.model is not None
 
-        if verbose:
+        with suppress_stdout_stderr(disable=self.verbose):
             self.ctx = llama_cpp.llama_new_context_with_model(
                 self.model, self.context_params
             )
-        else:
-            with suppress_stdout_stderr():
-                self.ctx = llama_cpp.llama_new_context_with_model(
-                    self.model, self.context_params
-                )
 
         assert self.ctx is not None
 
-        if verbose:
+        with suppress_stdout_stderr(disable=self.verbose):
             self.batch = llama_cpp.llama_batch_init(
                 self.n_batch, 0, 1
             )
-        else:
-            with suppress_stdout_stderr():
-                self.batch = llama_cpp.llama_batch_init(
-                    self.n_batch, 0, 1
-                )
 
         if self.lora_path:
             if llama_cpp.llama_model_apply_lora_from_file(
@@ -1615,11 +1597,8 @@ class Llama:
             self.ctx = None
 
     def __del__(self):
-        if self.verbose:
+        with suppress_stdout_stderr(disable=self.verbose):
             self._free_model()
-        else:
-            with suppress_stdout_stderr():
-                self._free_model()
 
     def __getstate__(self):
         return dict(