diff --git a/tinygrad/helpers.py b/tinygrad/helpers.py
index e88d2c16f2..5f1fe24bfd 100644
--- a/tinygrad/helpers.py
+++ b/tinygrad/helpers.py
@@ -166,13 +166,13 @@ def db_connection():
   if _db_connection is None:
     os.makedirs(CACHEDB.rsplit("/", 1)[0], exist_ok=True)
     _db_connection = sqlite3.connect(CACHEDB)
-    if DEBUG >= 5: _db_connection.set_trace_callback(print)
+    if DEBUG >= 7: _db_connection.set_trace_callback(print)
     if diskcache_get("meta", "version") != VERSION:
       print("cache is out of date, clearing it")
       del _db_connection
       os.unlink(CACHEDB)
       _db_connection = sqlite3.connect(CACHEDB)
-      if DEBUG >= 5: _db_connection.set_trace_callback(print)
+      if DEBUG >= 7: _db_connection.set_trace_callback(print)
       diskcache_put("meta", "version", VERSION)
   return _db_connection
 
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index bf877a9781..200cf690d2 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Interpreted:
 
     ret = _interpret_ast(ast)
     src = '\n'.join(['def run(inputs):'] + lines + [f"  return {gstr(self.from_underlying, 'from_underlying')}({ret})" if self.from_underlying else f"  return {ret}"])
-    if DEBUG >= 4: print(functools.reduce(lambda x,y: (x.replace(y[0], str(y[1])) if y[0][0:2] == "m0" else x), tglob.items(), src))
+    if DEBUG >= 4 and self != InterpretedFlopCounter: print(functools.reduce(lambda x,y: (x.replace(y[0], str(y[1])) if y[0][0:2] == "m0" else x), tglob.items(), src))
     exec(compile(src, "<ast>", "exec"), tglob) # pylint: disable=exec-used
     return tglob['run']