diff --git a/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py b/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
index e05e588f2728f89c05e9b4c3542ff7771aa7f9bd..45a09fa2729c59c1b18e5daf8359238377361366 100755
--- a/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
+++ b/io_scene_gltf2/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 bl_info = {
     'name': 'glTF 2.0 format',
     'author': 'Julien Duroure, Norbert Nopper, Urs Hanselmann, Moritz Becher, Benjamin SchmithĂĽsen, Jim Eckerlein, and many external contributors',
-    "version": (1, 1, 18),
+    "version": (1, 1, 19),
     'blender': (2, 81, 6),
     'location': 'File > Import-Export',
     'description': 'Import-Export as glTF 2.0',
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ class GLTF_PT_export_geometry_compression(bpy.types.Panel):
 
     def __init__(self):
         from io_scene_gltf2.io.exp import gltf2_io_draco_compression_extension
-        self.is_draco_available = gltf2_io_draco_compression_extension.dll_exists()
+        self.is_draco_available = gltf2_io_draco_compression_extension.dll_exists(quiet=True)
 
     @classmethod
     def poll(cls, context):
diff --git a/io_scene_gltf2/io/exp/gltf2_io_draco_compression_extension.py b/io_scene_gltf2/io/exp/gltf2_io_draco_compression_extension.py
index fc65edbd0e343d863d9b900046b1bf3fa857e538..93c326bb1d9c090ccf5e03116a6b5c0d601b9d48 100644
--- a/io_scene_gltf2/io/exp/gltf2_io_draco_compression_extension.py
+++ b/io_scene_gltf2/io/exp/gltf2_io_draco_compression_extension.py
@@ -40,14 +40,15 @@ def dll_path() -> Path:
     return path if path is not None else ''
 
 
-def dll_exists() -> bool:
+def dll_exists(quiet=False) -> bool:
     """
     Checks whether the DLL path exists.
     :return: True if the DLL exists.
     """
     exists = dll_path().exists()
-    print("'{}' ".format(dll_path().absolute()) + ("exists, draco mesh compression is available" if exists else
-                                                   "does not exist, draco mesh compression not available"))
+    if quiet is False:
+        print("'{}' ".format(dll_path().absolute()) + ("exists, draco mesh compression is available" if exists else
+                                                       "does not exist, draco mesh compression not available"))
     return exists
 
 
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ def __compress_primitive(primitive, dll, export_settings):
     enable_normals = 'NORMAL' in attributes
     tex_coord_attrs = [attributes[attr] for attr in attributes if attr.startswith('TEXCOORD_')]
 
-    print_console('INFO', ('Draco exporter: Compressing primitive %s normal attribute and with %d ' + 
+    print_console('INFO', ('Draco exporter: Compressing primitive %s normal attribute and with %d ' +
         'texture coordinate attributes, along with positions.') %
         ('with' if enable_normals else 'without', len(tex_coord_attrs)))