diff --git a/include/proxysql_structs.h b/include/proxysql_structs.h
index a855f2aab..251b33990 100644
--- a/include/proxysql_structs.h
+++ b/include/proxysql_structs.h
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ __thread bool mysql_thread___default_reconnect;
 __thread bool mysql_thread___session_idle_show_processlist;
 __thread bool mysql_thread___sessions_sort;
 __thread bool mysql_thread___session_idle_ms;
+__thread int mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose;
 
 /* variables used for Query Cache */
 __thread int mysql_thread___query_cache_size_MB;
@@ -759,6 +760,7 @@ extern __thread bool mysql_thread___default_reconnect;
 extern __thread bool mysql_thread___session_idle_show_processlist;
 extern __thread bool mysql_thread___sessions_sort;
 extern __thread bool mysql_thread___session_idle_ms;
+extern __thread int mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose;
 
 /* variables used for Query Cache */
 extern __thread int mysql_thread___query_cache_size_MB;
diff --git a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
index 29fa6f38c..9ff6e8c87 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ void MySQL_HostGroups_Manager::generate_mysql_servers_table(int *_onlyhg) {
 	rc=sqlite3_prepare_v2(mydb3, query32, -1, &statement32, 0);
 	assert(rc==SQLITE_OK);
 
-	if (GloMTH->variables.hostgroup_manager_verbose) {
+	if (mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose) {
 		if (_onlyhg==NULL) {
 			proxy_info("Dumping current MySQL Servers structures for hostgroup ALL\n");
 		} else {
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ void MySQL_HostGroups_Manager::generate_mysql_servers_table(int *_onlyhg) {
 		MySrvC *mysrvc=NULL;
 		for (unsigned int j=0; j<myhgc->mysrvs->servers->len; j++) {
 			mysrvc=myhgc->mysrvs->idx(j);
-			if (GloMTH->variables.hostgroup_manager_verbose) {
+			if (mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose) {
 				char *st;
 				switch (mysrvc->status) {
 					case 0:
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ void MySQL_HostGroups_Manager::generate_mysql_servers_table(int *_onlyhg) {
 	}
 	sqlite3_finalize(statement1);
 	sqlite3_finalize(statement32);
-	if (GloMTH->variables.hostgroup_manager_verbose) {
+	if (mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose) {
 		char *error=NULL;
 		int cols=0;
 		int affected_rows=0;
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ void MySQL_HostGroups_Manager::generate_mysql_servers_table(int *_onlyhg) {
 void MySQL_HostGroups_Manager::generate_mysql_replication_hostgroups_table() {
 	if (incoming_replication_hostgroups==NULL)
 		return;
-	if (GloMTH->variables.hostgroup_manager_verbose) {
+	if (mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose) {
 		proxy_info("New mysql_replication_hostgroups table\n");
 	}
 	for (std::vector<SQLite3_row *>::iterator it = incoming_replication_hostgroups->rows.begin() ; it != incoming_replication_hostgroups->rows.end(); ++it) {
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ void MySQL_HostGroups_Manager::generate_mysql_replication_hostgroups_table() {
 			//sprintf(query,"INSERT INTO mysql_replication_hostgroups VALUES(%s,%s,NULL)",r->fields[0],r->fields[1]);
 		//}
 		mydb->execute(query);
-		if (GloMTH->variables.hostgroup_manager_verbose) {
+		if (mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose) {
 			fprintf(stderr,"writer_hostgroup: %s , reader_hostgroup: %s, check_type %s, comment: %s\n", r->fields[0],r->fields[1], r->fields[2], r->fields[3]);
 		}
 		free(query);
diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
index c946b0d32..9dd85b64f 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ int MySQL_Threads_Handler::get_variable_int(char *name) {
 	if (!strcasecmp(name,"free_connections_pct")) return (int)variables.free_connections_pct;
 	if (!strcasecmp(name,"have_compress")) return (int)variables.have_compress;
 	if (!strcasecmp(name,"have_ssl")) return (int)variables.have_ssl;
+	if (!strcasecmp(name,"hostgroup_manager_verbose")) return (int)variables.hostgroup_manager_verbose;
 	if (!strcasecmp(name,"multiplexing")) return (int)variables.multiplexing;
 	if (!strcasecmp(name,"forward_autocommit")) return (int)variables.forward_autocommit;
 	if (!strcasecmp(name,"enforce_autocommit_on_reads")) return (int)variables.enforce_autocommit_on_reads;
@@ -3510,6 +3511,7 @@ void MySQL_Thread::refresh_variables() {
 	mysql_thread___query_digests_lowercase=(bool)GloMTH->get_variable_int((char *)"query_digests_lowercase");
 	variables.stats_time_backend_query=(bool)GloMTH->get_variable_int((char *)"stats_time_backend_query");
 	variables.stats_time_query_processor=(bool)GloMTH->get_variable_int((char *)"stats_time_query_processor");
+	mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose = GloMTH->get_variable_int((char *)"hostgroup_manager_verbose");
 	mysql_thread___sessions_sort=(bool)GloMTH->get_variable_int((char *)"sessions_sort");
 #ifdef IDLE_THREADS
 	mysql_thread___session_idle_show_processlist=(bool)GloMTH->get_variable_int((char *)"session_idle_show_processlist");
diff --git a/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp b/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
index 769447334..38a4d680a 100644
--- a/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
+++ b/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
@@ -2064,9 +2064,12 @@ void ProxySQL_Admin::GenericRefreshStatistics(const char *query_no_space, unsign
 				flush_sqliteserver_variables___runtime_to_database(admindb, false, false, false, true);
 			}
 			if (runtime_mysql_servers) {
+				int old_hostgroup_manager_verbose = mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose;
+				mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose = 0;
 				mysql_servers_wrlock();
 				save_mysql_servers_runtime_to_database(true);
 				mysql_servers_wrunlock();
+				mysql_thread___hostgroup_manager_verbose = old_hostgroup_manager_verbose;
 			}
 			if (runtime_proxysql_servers) {
 				mysql_servers_wrlock();