diff --git a/stream/forwarding/forwarding.go b/stream/forwarding/forwarding.go
index a1d4f76..94a6d78 100644
--- a/stream/forwarding/forwarding.go
+++ b/stream/forwarding/forwarding.go
@@ -13,27 +13,24 @@ import (
 // For each stream name, user can provide several URL to forward stream to
 type Options map[string][]string
 
-var (
-	ffmpegInstances    = make(map[string]*exec.Cmd)
-	ffmpegInputStreams = make(map[string]*io.WriteCloser)
-)
-
 // Serve handles incoming packets from SRT and forward them to other external services
 func Serve(inputChannel chan srt.Packet, cfg Options) {
 	log.Printf("Stream forwarding initialized")
+	ffmpegInstances := make(map[string]*exec.Cmd)
+	ffmpegInputStreams := make(map[string]*io.WriteCloser)
 	for {
 		var err error = nil
 		// Wait for packets
 		packet := <-inputChannel
 		switch packet.PacketType {
 		case "register":
-			err = RegisterStream(packet.StreamName, cfg)
+			err = registerStream(packet.StreamName, ffmpegInstances, ffmpegInputStreams, cfg)
 			break
 		case "sendData":
-			err = SendPacket(packet.StreamName, packet.Data)
+			err = sendPacket(packet.StreamName, ffmpegInputStreams, packet.Data)
 			break
 		case "close":
-			err = CloseConnection(packet.StreamName)
+			err = close(packet.StreamName, ffmpegInstances, ffmpegInputStreams)
 			break
 		default:
 			log.Println("Unknown SRT packet type:", packet.PacketType)
@@ -45,8 +42,8 @@ func Serve(inputChannel chan srt.Packet, cfg Options) {
 	}
 }
 
-// RegisterStream Declare a new open stream and create ffmpeg instances
-func RegisterStream(name string, cfg Options) error {
+// registerStream creates ffmpeg instance associated with newly created stream
+func registerStream(name string, ffmpegInstances map[string]*exec.Cmd, ffmpegInputStreams map[string]*io.WriteCloser, cfg Options) error {
 	streams, exist := cfg[name]
 	if !exist || len(streams) == 0 {
 		// Nothing to do, not configured
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ func RegisterStream(name string, cfg Options) error {
 	}
 
 	// Launch FFMPEG instance
-	params := []string{"-re", "-i", "pipe:0"}
+	params := []string{"-hide_banner", "-loglevel", "error", "-re", "-i", "pipe:0"}
 	for _, stream := range streams {
 		params = append(params, "-f", "flv", "-preset", "ultrafast", "-tune", "zerolatency",
 			"-c", "copy", stream)
@@ -101,8 +98,8 @@ func RegisterStream(name string, cfg Options) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// SendPacket forward data to all FFMpeg instances related to the stream name
-func SendPacket(name string, data []byte) error {
+// sendPacket forwards data to the ffmpeg instance related to the stream name
+func sendPacket(name string, ffmpegInputStreams map[string]*io.WriteCloser, data []byte) error {
 	stdin := ffmpegInputStreams[name]
 	if stdin == nil {
 		// Don't need to forward stream
@@ -112,8 +109,8 @@ func SendPacket(name string, data []byte) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// CloseConnection When the stream is ended, close FFMPEG instances
-func CloseConnection(name string) error {
+// close ffmpeg instance associated with stream name
+func close(name string, ffmpegInstances map[string]*exec.Cmd, ffmpegInputStreams map[string]*io.WriteCloser) error {
 	ffmpeg := ffmpegInstances[name]
 	if ffmpeg == nil {
 		// No stream to close
diff --git a/stream/forwarding/forwarding_test.go b/stream/forwarding/forwarding_test.go
index 1cb2a1a..5ba96ef 100644
--- a/stream/forwarding/forwarding_test.go
+++ b/stream/forwarding/forwarding_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ func TestForwardStream(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Start virtual RTMP server with ffmpeg
-	forwardedFfmpeg := exec.Command("ffmpeg", "-y", // allow overwrite /dev/null
+	forwardedFfmpeg := exec.Command("ffmpeg", "-hide_banner", "-loglevel", "error",
+		"-y", // allow overwrite /dev/null
 		"-listen", "1", "-i", "rtmp://127.0.0.1:1936/live/app", "-f", "null", "-c", "copy", "/dev/null")
 	forwardingOutput, err := forwardedFfmpeg.StdoutPipe()
 	forwardingErrOutput, err := forwardedFfmpeg.StderrPipe()
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func TestForwardStream(t *testing.T) {
 	// Serve SRT Server without authentification backend
 	go srt.Serve(&srt.Options{ListenAddress: ":9712", MaxClients: 2}, nil, forwardingChannel, nil)
 
-	ffmpeg := exec.Command("ffmpeg",
+	ffmpeg := exec.Command("ffmpeg", "-hide_banner", "-loglevel", "error",
 		"-re", "-f", "lavfi", "-i", "testsrc=size=640x480:rate=10",
 		"-f", "flv", "srt://127.0.0.1:9712?streamid=demo:")