diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index b99c8fc..ea59dd5 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ lilypond_version <- function(){
 #' @rdname lilypond_root
 #' @export
 tabr_lilypond_api <- function(){
+  message(.tabr_lilypond_api())
+}
+
+.tabr_lilypond_api <- function(){
   os <- Sys.info()[["sysname"]]
   if(grepl("Darwin", os, ignore.case = TRUE)) os <- "MacOS"
   x <- switch(
@@ -39,11 +43,10 @@ tabr_lilypond_api <- function(){
   )
   x <- paste("LilyPond", x)
 
-  msg <- paste0(
+  paste0(
     "The tabr ", getNamespaceVersion("tabr"),
     " LilyPond API was built and tested against ", x, " on ", os, "."
   )
-  message(msg)
 }
 
 .tabr_api_lp_versions <- list(
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index 1467aa2..4aa7d89 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.onAttach <- function(lib, pkg){
+.onLoad <- function(lib, pkg){
   x <- c("lilypond", "midi2ly", "python")
   lp_path <- as.character(Sys.which(x[1]))
   ml_path <- as.character(Sys.which(x[2]))
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@
   }
 
   tabr_options(lilypond = lp_path, midi2ly = ml_path, python = py_path)
+}
 
-  msg <- paste0(utils::capture.output(tabr_lilypond_api(), type = "message"), "\n")
-
+.onAttach <- function(lib, pkg){
+  lp_path <- tabr_options()$lilypond
+  msg <- paste0(.tabr_lilypond_api(), "\n")
   no_lp <- gsub("\\.$", " (only required for transcription).", .lp_not_found)
+
   if(lp_path == ""){
     msg <- paste0(msg, no_lp)
   } else {