diff --git a/dbus/run.go b/dbus/run.go
index a4c04dc..eef0d14 100644
--- a/dbus/run.go
+++ b/dbus/run.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 // Start launches the D-Bus proxy and sets up the Wait method.
 // ready should be buffered and should only be received from once.
-func (p *Proxy) Start(ready chan error) error {
+func (p *Proxy) Start(ready chan error, output bool) error {
 	p.lock.Lock()
 	defer p.lock.Unlock()
 
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ func (p *Proxy) Start(ready chan error) error {
 	// xdg-dbus-proxy does not need to inherit the environment
 	h.Env = []string{}
 
-	h.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	h.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	if output {
+		h.Stdout = os.Stdout
+		h.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	}
 	if err := h.StartNotify(ready); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/app/share.dbus.go b/internal/app/share.dbus.go
index 2902502..e94d648 100644
--- a/internal/app/share.dbus.go
+++ b/internal/app/share.dbus.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (tx *appSealTx) startDBus() error {
 	tx.dbusWait = make(chan struct{})
 
 	// background dbus proxy start
-	if err := tx.dbus.Start(ready); err != nil {
+	if err := tx.dbus.Start(ready, true); err != nil {
 		return (*StartDBusError)(wrapError(err, "cannot start message bus proxy:", err))
 	}
 	verbose.Println("starting message bus proxy:", tx.dbus)