diff --git a/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/FileToCheck.java b/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/FileToCheck.java
index 341ec8e6..7eb65567 100644
--- a/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/FileToCheck.java
+++ b/linkcheck/src/main/org/apache/maven/linkcheck/FileToCheck.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ import org.w3c.tidy.Tidy;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:bwalding@apache.org">Ben Walding</a>
- * @version $Id: FileToCheck.java,v 1.12 2003/09/13 21:48:08 bwalding Exp $
+ * @version $Id: FileToCheck.java,v 1.13 2003/10/26 22:49:40 dion Exp $
  *
  */
 public class FileToCheck
@@ -140,7 +140,10 @@ public class FileToCheck
                 DOMReader domReader = new DOMReader();
                 doc = domReader.read(domDocument);
 
-                LOG.debug(baos.toString());
+                if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
+                {
+                    LOG.debug(baos.toString());
+                }
             }
             catch (Throwable e)
             {