diff --git a/apps/apps.c b/apps/apps.c
index 67d28eeb9fb3f6899fb060c5492b2b63673ade20..ed1b618a5344cce5d12ec39c93e5f8686b261b29 100644
--- a/apps/apps.c
+++ b/apps/apps.c
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ CA_DB *load_index(const char *dbfile, DB_ATTR *db_attr)
 #else
     BIO_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s-attr", dbfile);
 #endif
-    dbattr_conf = app_load_config(buf);
+    dbattr_conf = app_load_config_quiet(buf);
 
     retdb = app_malloc(sizeof(*retdb), "new DB");
     retdb->db = tmpdb;