diff --git a/icinga-cli.sh b/icinga-cli.sh
index bcc1b6177aca53f60bef88d64b829c3eba499e80..60ef01f4681d41f7c16015d3a55dc1c55369f398 100755
--- a/icinga-cli.sh
+++ b/icinga-cli.sh
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@
 # 2023-11-02  v0.18  ah  fix quoting of perfdata in json
 # 2023-11-02  v0.19  ah  move _parseConfig
 # 2024-11-20  v0.20  ah  update rest api client; use cert "${dir_cfg}/certs/ca.crt"
+# 2024-12-17  v0.21  ah  less log lines for skipped jobs
 # ======================================================================
 
 
 _product="ICINGA PASSIVE CLIENT"
-_version="0.20"
+_version="0.21"
 _license="GNU GPL 3.0"
 _copyright='(c) Institute for Medical Education * University of Bern'
 
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ function processCheck(){
   iCheckStart=$(_getUnixTs)
 
   local _logPrefix="${checkName} |"
-  _log "${_logPrefix} INFO: every ${checkInterval} sec: ${checkCommand}"
+  # _log "${_logPrefix} INFO: every ${checkInterval} sec: ${checkCommand}"
 
   _initHttp
 
@@ -422,7 +423,8 @@ function processCheck(){
     fi
 
   else
-    _log "${_logPrefix} SKIP execution."
+    # _log "${_logPrefix} SKIP execution."
+    return 0
   fi
 
   # add current result to global returncode