diff --git a/src/solvers/alternating_update/alternating_update.jl b/src/solvers/alternating_update/alternating_update.jl
index 2cd5de71..750f3f36 100644
--- a/src/solvers/alternating_update/alternating_update.jl
+++ b/src/solvers/alternating_update/alternating_update.jl
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ function alternating_update(
   nsites, # define default for each level of solver implementation
   updater,  # this specifies the update performed locally
   outputlevel=default_outputlevel(),
-  region_printer=nothing,
-  sweep_printer=nothing,
+  region_printer=default_region_printer,
+  sweep_printer=default_sweep_printer,
   (sweep_observer!)=nothing,
   (region_observer!)=nothing,
   root_vertex=GraphsExtensions.default_root_vertex(init_state),
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function alternating_update(
   (sweep_observer!)=nothing,
   sweep_printer=default_sweep_printer,#?
   (region_observer!)=nothing,
-  region_printer=nothing,
+  region_printer=default_region_printer,
 )
   state = copy(init_state)
   @assert !isnothing(sweep_plans)
diff --git a/src/solvers/defaults.jl b/src/solvers/defaults.jl
index b5d315ff..09c2ae2f 100644
--- a/src/solvers/defaults.jl
+++ b/src/solvers/defaults.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Printf: @printf
+using Printf: @printf, @sprintf
 using ITensorMPS: maxlinkdim
 default_outputlevel() = 0
 default_nsites() = 2
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ default_extracter() = default_extracter
 default_inserter() = default_inserter
 default_checkdone() = (; kws...) -> false
 default_transform_operator() = nothing
+
+format(x) = @sprintf("%s", x)
+format(x::AbstractFloat) = @sprintf("%.1E", x)
+
 function default_region_printer(;
-  cutoff,
-  maxdim,
-  mindim,
+  inserter_kwargs,
   outputlevel,
   state,
   sweep_plan,
@@ -23,9 +25,11 @@ function default_region_printer(;
     region = first(sweep_plan[which_region_update])
     @printf("Sweep %d, region=%s \n", which_sweep, region)
     print("  Truncated using")
-    @printf(" cutoff=%.1E", cutoff)
-    @printf(" maxdim=%d", maxdim)
-    @printf(" mindim=%d", mindim)
+    for key in [:cutoff, :maxdim, :mindim]
+      if haskey(inserter_kwargs, key)
+        print(" ", key, "=", format(inserter_kwargs[key]))
+      end
+    end
     println()
     if spec != nothing
       @printf(
diff --git a/test/test_treetensornetworks/test_solvers/Project.toml b/test/test_treetensornetworks/test_solvers/Project.toml
index 77225041..dc5ca10d 100644
--- a/test/test_treetensornetworks/test_solvers/Project.toml
+++ b/test/test_treetensornetworks/test_solvers/Project.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ Observers = "338f10d5-c7f1-4033-a7d1-f9dec39bcaa0"
 OrdinaryDiffEq = "1dea7af3-3e70-54e6-95c3-0bf5283fa5ed"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
 StableRNGs = "860ef19b-820b-49d6-a774-d7a799459cd3"
+Suppressor = "fd094767-a336-5f1f-9728-57cf17d0bbfb"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
diff --git a/test/test_treetensornetworks/test_solvers/test_dmrg.jl b/test/test_treetensornetworks/test_solvers/test_dmrg.jl
index b352d43c..cf8a1caf 100644
--- a/test/test_treetensornetworks/test_solvers/test_dmrg.jl
+++ b/test/test_treetensornetworks/test_solvers/test_dmrg.jl
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ using KrylovKit: eigsolve
 using NamedGraphs.NamedGraphGenerators: named_comb_tree
 using Observers: observer
 using StableRNGs: StableRNG
+using Suppressor: @capture_out
 using Test: @test, @test_broken, @testset
 
 # This is needed since `eigen` is broken
@@ -76,6 +77,31 @@ ITensors.disable_auto_fermion()
   new_E = inner(psi', H, psi)
   @test new_E ≈ orig_E
   =#
+
+  #
+  # Test outputlevels are working
+  #
+  prev_output = ""
+  for outputlevel in 0:2
+    output = @capture_out begin
+      e, psi = dmrg(
+        H,
+        psi;
+        outputlevel,
+        nsweeps,
+        maxdim,
+        cutoff,
+        nsites,
+        updater_kwargs=(; krylovdim=3, maxiter=1),
+      )
+    end
+    if outputlevel == 0
+      @test length(output) == 0
+    else
+      @test length(output) > length(prev_output)
+    end
+    prev_output = output
+  end
 end
 
 @testset "Observers" begin
@@ -139,7 +165,7 @@ end
     nsweeps,
     maxdim,
     cutoff,
-    outputlevel=2,
+    outputlevel=0,
     transform_operator=ITensorNetworks.cache_operator_to_disk,
     transform_operator_kwargs=(; write_when_maxdim_exceeds=11),
   )