diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
index 7ad0825f..056d06ab 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ async fn schedule_datastore_garbage_collection() {
 
         let auth_id = Authid::backup_auth_id();
 
-        if let Err(err) = crate::server::do_garbage_collection_job(job, datastore, auth_id, Some(event_str)) {
+        if let Err(err) = crate::server::do_garbage_collection_job(job, datastore, auth_id, Some(event_str), false) {
             eprintln!("unable to start garbage collection job on datastore {} - {}", store, err);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/server/gc_job.rs b/src/server/gc_job.rs
index dabbb237..0128a33e 100644
--- a/src/server/gc_job.rs
+++ b/src/server/gc_job.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub fn do_garbage_collection_job(
     datastore: Arc<DataStore>,
     auth_id: &Authid,
     schedule: Option<String>,
+    to_stdout: bool,
 ) -> Result<String, Error> {
 
     let email = crate::server::lookup_user_email(auth_id.user());
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn do_garbage_collection_job(
         &worker_type,
         Some(store.clone()),
         auth_id.clone(),
-        false,
+        to_stdout,
         move |worker| {
             job.start(&worker.upid().to_string())?;