diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2711e1..8d04a05 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ extends Node
 
 # What directory should tests be located in?
 var test_directory: String = "res://tests"
+# If Bessere Tests should complain about orphan nodes.
+# This behaviour is reportedly broken and does not work correctly (see #1).
+# Rely on Godot's debug/verbose output for this instead (use Bessere Tests' command line script).
+var print_orphan_nodes: bool = false
 ```
 
 This is the default configuration. If you want to keep a config key to it's default simply comment it out.
diff --git a/addons/besseretests/src/runtimescene.gd b/addons/besseretests/src/runtimescene.gd
index d2ce75e..c6f7fab 100644
--- a/addons/besseretests/src/runtimescene.gd
+++ b/addons/besseretests/src/runtimescene.gd
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ extends Control
 # Configuration for the configuration
 var config: Node = Node.new()
 const config_path: String = "res://addons/besseretests_config.gd"
-const config_keys: Dictionary = { "test_directory": TYPE_STRING }
+const config_keys: Dictionary = { "test_directory": TYPE_STRING, "print_orphan_nodes": TYPE_BOOL }
 
 # Configuration
 var config_test_directory: String = "res://tests"
+var config_print_orphan_nodes: bool = false
 
 # Statistics <3 & results
 var results: Dictionary = {}
@@ -165,8 +166,6 @@ func terminate(exit_code: int = 0) -> void:
 	get_tree().quit(exit_code)
 
 # Checks
-func check_children() -> void:
-	if get_tree().root.get_child_count() != 1: lwarn("There are still '" + str(get_tree().root.get_child_count()-1) + "' children active in the scene tree. Please make sure to call 'remove_child' on them in your tests.")
+func check_children() -> void: if get_tree().root.get_child_count() != 1: lwarn("There are still '" + str(get_tree().root.get_child_count()-1) + "' children active in the scene tree. Please make sure to call 'remove_child' on them in your tests.")
 
-func check_orphan_nodes() -> void:
-	if Performance.get_monitor(Performance.OBJECT_ORPHAN_NODE_COUNT) != 4: lwarn("There are still '" + str(Performance.get_monitor(Performance.OBJECT_ORPHAN_NODE_COUNT)-4) + "' orphan nodes loaded. Please make sure to call 'queue_free' or 'free' on them in your tests.")
+func check_orphan_nodes() -> void: if config_print_orphan_nodes: if Performance.get_monitor(Performance.OBJECT_ORPHAN_NODE_COUNT) != 4: lwarn("There are still '" + str(Performance.get_monitor(Performance.OBJECT_ORPHAN_NODE_COUNT)-4) + "' orphan nodes loaded. Please make sure to call 'queue_free' or 'free' on them in your tests.")
diff --git a/addons/besseretests_config.gd b/addons/besseretests_config.gd
index a51384f..b6191d8 100644
--- a/addons/besseretests_config.gd
+++ b/addons/besseretests_config.gd
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 extends Node
 
 var test_directory: String = "res://addons/besseretests/examples/"
+var print_orphan_nodes: bool = true