diff --git a/examples/pdf-pages.js b/examples/pdf-pages.js
index 8825e1a..331a0dd 100644
--- a/examples/pdf-pages.js
+++ b/examples/pdf-pages.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import { LLMOrbiter, OpenRouterProvider, defineTool, DirectReturnError } from '../src/index.js';
 
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '.env') });
+dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '.env'), quiet: true });
 
 // ─── Prompt logfile ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Appends the full prompt of every LLM call so we can debug prompt composition.
diff --git a/examples/tool-error-retry.js b/examples/tool-error-retry.js
index 0742c06..ab9cfe8 100644
--- a/examples/tool-error-retry.js
+++ b/examples/tool-error-retry.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import { LLMOrbiter, OpenRouterProvider, defineTool, ToolError } from '../src/index.js';
 
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '.env') });
+dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '.env'), quiet: true });
 
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 function getArg(flag) {
diff --git a/examples/weather.js b/examples/weather.js
index 38937a0..aa5051e 100644
--- a/examples/weather.js
+++ b/examples/weather.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { LLMOrbiter, OpenRouterProvider } from '../src/index.js';
 import { weatherTool } from './tools/weather.js';
 
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '.env') });
+dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '.env'), quiet: true });
 
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 function getArg(flag) {