diff --git a/hubconf.py b/hubconf.py
index 86aa07b9466f..73a2b5cca60f 100644
--- a/hubconf.py
+++ b/hubconf.py
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ def _create(name, pretrained=True, channels=3, classes=80, autoshape=True, verbo
     Returns:
         YOLOv5 model
     """
+
+    import os
     from pathlib import Path
+    os.environ['YOLOv5_VERBOSE'] = str(verbose)
 
     from models.common import AutoShape, DetectMultiBackend
     from models.yolo import Model
@@ -34,8 +37,6 @@ def _create(name, pretrained=True, channels=3, classes=80, autoshape=True, verbo
     from utils.general import LOGGER, check_requirements, intersect_dicts, logging
     from utils.torch_utils import select_device
 
-    if not verbose:
-        LOGGER.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
     check_requirements(exclude=('tensorboard', 'thop', 'opencv-python'))
     name = Path(name)
     path = name.with_suffix('.pt') if name.suffix == '' else name  # checkpoint path
@@ -75,9 +76,9 @@ def yolov5n(pretrained=True, channels=3, classes=80, autoshape=True, verbose=Tru
     return _create('yolov5n', pretrained, channels, classes, autoshape, verbose, device)
 
 
-def yolov5s(pretrained=True, channels=3, classes=80, autoshape=True, verbose=True, device=None):
+def yolov5s(pretrained=True, channels=3, classes=80, autoshape=True, _verbose=True, device=None):
     # YOLOv5-small model https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5
-    return _create('yolov5s', pretrained, channels, classes, autoshape, verbose, device)
+    return _create('yolov5s', pretrained, channels, classes, autoshape, _verbose, device)
 
 
 def yolov5m(pretrained=True, channels=3, classes=80, autoshape=True, verbose=True, device=None):
diff --git a/utils/downloads.py b/utils/downloads.py
index 23433cb4549f..dc5f9229c277 100644
--- a/utils/downloads.py
+++ b/utils/downloads.py
@@ -23,27 +23,30 @@ def gsutil_getsize(url=''):
 
 def safe_download(file, url, url2=None, min_bytes=1E0, error_msg=''):
     # Attempts to download file from url or url2, checks and removes incomplete downloads < min_bytes
+    from utils.general import LOGGER
+
     file = Path(file)
     assert_msg = f"Downloaded file '{file}' does not exist or size is < min_bytes={min_bytes}"
     try:  # url1
-        print(f'Downloading {url} to {file}...')
-        torch.hub.download_url_to_file(url, str(file))
+        LOGGER.info(f'Downloading {url} to {file}...')
+        torch.hub.download_url_to_file(url, str(file), progress=LOGGER.root.level <= 20)  # 20=INFO logger level
         assert file.exists() and file.stat().st_size > min_bytes, assert_msg  # check
     except Exception as e:  # url2
         file.unlink(missing_ok=True)  # remove partial downloads
-        print(f'ERROR: {e}\nRe-attempting {url2 or url} to {file}...')
+        LOGGER.info(f'ERROR: {e}\nRe-attempting {url2 or url} to {file}...')
         os.system(f"curl -L '{url2 or url}' -o '{file}' --retry 3 -C -")  # curl download, retry and resume on fail
     finally:
         if not file.exists() or file.stat().st_size < min_bytes:  # check
             file.unlink(missing_ok=True)  # remove partial downloads
-            print(f"ERROR: {assert_msg}\n{error_msg}")
-        print('')
+            LOGGER.info(f"ERROR: {assert_msg}\n{error_msg}")
+        LOGGER.info('')
 
 
 def attempt_download(file, repo='ultralytics/yolov5'):  # from utils.downloads import *; attempt_download()
     # Attempt file download if does not exist
-    file = Path(str(file).strip().replace("'", ''))
+    from utils.general import LOGGER
 
+    file = Path(str(file).strip().replace("'", ''))
     if not file.exists():
         # URL specified
         name = Path(urllib.parse.unquote(str(file))).name  # decode '%2F' to '/' etc.
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ def attempt_download(file, repo='ultralytics/yolov5'):  # from utils.downloads i
             url = str(file).replace(':/', '://')  # Pathlib turns :// -> :/
             file = name.split('?')[0]  # parse authentication https://url.com/file.txt?auth...
             if Path(file).is_file():
-                print(f'Found {url} locally at {file}')  # file already exists
+                LOGGER.info(f'Found {url} locally at {file}')  # file already exists
             else:
                 safe_download(file=file, url=url, min_bytes=1E5)
             return file