diff --git a/src/heretic/main.py b/src/heretic/main.py
index 241415b..fabfde3 100644
--- a/src/heretic/main.py
+++ b/src/heretic/main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 # Copyright (C) 2025-2026  Philipp Emanuel Weidmann <pew@worldwidemann.com> + contributors
 
+import os
 import sys
 
+# Enable expandable segments to reduce memory fragmentation on multi-GPU setups.
+if (
+    "PYTORCH_ALLOC_CONF" not in os.environ
+    and "PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF" not in os.environ
+):
+    os.environ["PYTORCH_ALLOC_CONF"] = "expandable_segments:True"
+
+# Silence warning spam from PyTorch's C++ logging.
+if "TORCH_CPP_LOG_LEVEL" not in os.environ:
+    os.environ["TORCH_CPP_LOG_LEVEL"] = "ERROR"
+
 # Ensure standard output/error use UTF-8 instead of system default charmap (e.g. cp1252 on Windows).
 for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
     if (
@@ -11,6 +23,7 @@ for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr):
     ):
         stream.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8")  # type: ignore
 
+
 from .config import Settings
 
 
@@ -23,6 +36,7 @@ def _is_help_invocation() -> bool:
 if _is_help_invocation():
     Settings()
 
+
 # FIXME: Rich progress bars are currently disabled because of rendering issues
 #        when used from multiple threads in parallel (e.g. by huggingface_hub).
 """
@@ -35,7 +49,6 @@ patch_tqdm()
 
 import logging
 import math
-import os
 import random
 import re
 import time
@@ -180,13 +193,6 @@ def obtain_export_strategy(
 
 
 def run():
-    # Enable expandable segments to reduce memory fragmentation on multi-GPU setups.
-    if (
-        "PYTORCH_ALLOC_CONF" not in os.environ
-        and "PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF" not in os.environ
-    ):
-        os.environ["PYTORCH_ALLOC_CONF"] = "expandable_segments:True"
-
     # Modified "Pagga" font from https://budavariam.github.io/asciiart-text/
     print(f"[cyan]█░█░█▀▀░█▀▄░█▀▀░▀█▀░█░█▀▀[/]  v{version('heretic-llm')}")
     print(