diff --git a/spacy/cli/evaluate.py b/spacy/cli/evaluate.py
index f409821b1..d9be95fae 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/evaluate.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/evaluate.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def evaluate(cmd, model, data_path, gpu_id=-1, gold_preproc=False):
     Train a model. Expects data in spaCy's JSON format.
     """
     util.use_gpu(gpu_id)
-    util.set_env_log(True)
+    util.set_env_log(False)
     data_path = util.ensure_path(data_path)
     if not data_path.exists():
         prints(data_path, title="Evaluation data not found", exits=1)
diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 911970831..e1a721a12 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -563,7 +563,10 @@ def minify_html(html):
 
 
 def use_gpu(gpu_id):
-    import cupy.cuda.device
+    try:
+        import cupy.cuda.device
+    except ImportError:
+        return None
     from thinc.neural.ops import CupyOps
     device = cupy.cuda.device.Device(gpu_id)
     device.use()