diff --git a/pyod/models/auto_encoder.py b/pyod/models/auto_encoder.py
index b330eb226..43d2a211f 100644
--- a/pyod/models/auto_encoder.py
+++ b/pyod/models/auto_encoder.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def fit(self, X, y=None):
         else:
             X_norm = np.copy(X)
 
-        pred_scores = self.model_.predict(X_norm)
+        pred_scores = self.model_.predict(X_norm, verbose=self.verbose)
         self.decision_scores_ = pairwise_distances_no_broadcast(X_norm,
                                                                 pred_scores)
         self._process_decision_scores()
@@ -290,5 +290,5 @@ def decision_function(self, X):
             X_norm = np.copy(X)
 
         # Predict on X and return the reconstruction errors
-        pred_scores = self.model_.predict(X_norm)
+        pred_scores = self.model_.predict(X_norm, verbose=self.verbose)
         return pairwise_distances_no_broadcast(X_norm, pred_scores)