diff --git a/pynux/nxid.py b/pynux/nxid.py
index 8ba6c65..3ef8bc7 100755
--- a/pynux/nxid.py
+++ b/pynux/nxid.py
@@ -167,12 +167,9 @@ def get_owner(erc):
 def check_ezid(ark, ezid):
     ''' check to see if the ARK is listed in EZID, returns raw ERC or `None`'''
     try:
-        sys.stdout = open(os.devnull, 'w')
         return ezid.view(ark)
     except HTTPError:
         return None
-    finally:
-        sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
 
 
 def find_ark(s):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 62e75b6..8b14d14 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 setup(
     name='pynux',
-    version = "1.0.5",
+    version = "1.0.6",
     packages = find_packages(),
     install_requires = [
         'requests',