diff --git a/Headphones.py b/Headphones.py
index 7f9139fe..65c7d8fc 100644
--- a/Headphones.py
+++ b/Headphones.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def main():
     # Set up and gather command line arguments
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Music add-on for SABnzbd+')
 
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', help='Increase console logging verbosity')
     parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', action='store_true', help='Turn off console logging')
     parser.add_argument('-d', '--daemon', action='store_true', help='Run as a daemon')
     parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', type=int, help='Force Headphones to run on a specified port')
@@ -50,13 +51,15 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('--pidfile', help='Create a pid file (only relevant when running as a daemon)')
     
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    
-    if args.quiet:
-        headphones.QUIET=True
+
+    if args.verbose:
+        headphones.VERBOSE = 2
+    elif args.quiet:
+        headphones.VERBOSE = 0
     
     if args.daemon:
         headphones.DAEMON=True
-        headphones.QUIET=True
+        headphones.VERBOSE = 0
         if args.pidfile :
             headphones.PIDFILE = args.pidfile
 
diff --git a/headphones/__init__.py b/headphones/__init__.py
index c2a50ece..60637241 100644
--- a/headphones/__init__.py
+++ b/headphones/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SIGNAL = None
 
 SYS_ENCODING = None
 
-QUIET = False
+VERBOSE = 1
 DAEMON = False
 PIDFILE= None
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def initialize():
 
     with INIT_LOCK:
     
-        global __INITIALIZED__, FULL_PATH, PROG_DIR, QUIET, DAEMON, DATA_DIR, CONFIG_FILE, CFG, LOG_DIR, CACHE_DIR, \
+        global __INITIALIZED__, FULL_PATH, PROG_DIR, VERBOSE, DAEMON, DATA_DIR, CONFIG_FILE, CFG, LOG_DIR, CACHE_DIR, \
                 HTTP_PORT, HTTP_HOST, HTTP_USERNAME, HTTP_PASSWORD, HTTP_ROOT, LAUNCH_BROWSER, GIT_PATH, \
                 CURRENT_VERSION, LATEST_VERSION, MUSIC_DIR, DESTINATION_DIR, PREFERRED_QUALITY, PREFERRED_BITRATE, DETECT_BITRATE, \
                 ADD_ARTISTS, CORRECT_METADATA, MOVE_FILES, RENAME_FILES, FOLDER_FORMAT, FILE_FORMAT, CLEANUP_FILES, INCLUDE_EXTRAS, \
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ def initialize():
             try:
                 os.makedirs(LOG_DIR)
             except OSError:
-                if not QUIET:
+                if VERBOSE:
                     print 'Unable to create the log directory. Logging to screen only.'
         
         # Start the logger, silence console logging if we need to
-        logger.headphones_log.initLogger(quiet=QUIET)
+        logger.headphones_log.initLogger(verbose=VERBOSE)
         
         # Update some old config code:
         if FOLDER_FORMAT == '%artist/%album/%track':
diff --git a/headphones/logger.py b/headphones/logger.py
index 9df46990..97c435bc 100644
--- a/headphones/logger.py
+++ b/headphones/logger.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class RotatingLogger(object):
 		self.max_files = max_files
 		
 		
-	def initLogger(self, quiet=False):
+	def initLogger(self, verbose=1):
 	
 		l = logging.getLogger('headphones')
 		l.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ class RotatingLogger(object):
 		filehandler.setFormatter(fileformatter)
 		l.addHandler(filehandler)
 		
-		if not quiet:
-		
+		if verbose:
 			consolehandler = logging.StreamHandler()
-			consolehandler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-			
+			if verbose == 1:
+				consolehandler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+			if verbose == 2:
+				consolehandler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 			consoleformatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s :: %(message)s', '%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S')
-			
 			consolehandler.setFormatter(consoleformatter)
 			l.addHandler(consolehandler)