diff --git a/src/cli/multi-relay.ts b/src/cli/multi-relay.ts
index aad7a9c02..f96fee7fa 100644
--- a/src/cli/multi-relay.ts
+++ b/src/cli/multi-relay.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export async function runMultiProviderRelay(
 					undefined,
 					runtime,
 					signal,
-					opts.webTuning,
+					{ ...opts.webTuning, suppressStartMessage: true },
 				);
 			} else if (provider === "twilio") {
 				const { monitorTwilio } = await import("../twilio/monitor.js");
diff --git a/src/telegram/monitor.ts b/src/telegram/monitor.ts
index dad0051a5..75113b284 100644
--- a/src/telegram/monitor.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/monitor.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ export async function monitorTelegramProvider(
     verbose,
   };
 
-  runtime.log(info("📡 Starting Telegram relay..."));
+  if (!suppressStartMessage) {
+    runtime.log(info("📡 Starting Telegram relay..."));
+  }
 
   // Create and initialize provider
   const provider = await createInitializedProvider("telegram", providerConfig);
diff --git a/src/web/auto-reply.ts b/src/web/auto-reply.ts
index b04480826..f518f2b6d 100644
--- a/src/web/auto-reply.ts
+++ b/src/web/auto-reply.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export type WebMonitorTuning = {
   replyHeartbeatMinutes?: number;
   replyHeartbeatNow?: boolean;
   sleep?: (ms: number, signal?: AbortSignal) => Promise<void>;
+  suppressStartMessage?: boolean;
 };
 
 const formatDuration = (ms: number) =>
@@ -1246,10 +1247,12 @@ export async function monitorWebProvider(
       }
     }
 
-    logInfo(
-      "📡 Listening for personal WhatsApp Web inbound messages. Leave this running; Ctrl+C to stop.",
-      runtime,
-    );
+    if (!tuning.suppressStartMessage) {
+      logInfo(
+        "📡 Listening for personal WhatsApp Web inbound messages.",
+        runtime,
+      );
+    }
 
     if (!keepAlive) {
       await closeListener();