diff --git a/Headphones.py b/Headphones.py
index ce67b2b1..1a7c1df7 100755
--- a/Headphones.py
+++ b/Headphones.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def main():
             try:
                 file(headphones.PIDFILE, 'w').write("pid\n")
             except IOError, e:
-                raise SystemExit("Unable to write PID file: %s [%d]" % (e.strerror, e.errno))
+                raise SystemExit("Unable to write PID file: %s [%d]", e.strerror, e.errno)
         else:
             logger.warn("Not running in daemon mode. PID file creation disabled.")
 
diff --git a/headphones/__init__.py b/headphones/__init__.py
index 3b785efc..ac685164 100644
--- a/headphones/__init__.py
+++ b/headphones/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ SIGNAL = None
 SYS_PLATFORM = None
 SYS_ENCODING = None
 
-QUIET = True
+QUIET = False
 VERBOSE = False
 DAEMON = False
 CREATEPID = False
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ def initialize():
 
         # Start the logger, disable console if needed
         logger.initLogger(console=not QUIET, verbose=VERBOSE)
+        logger.initLogger(console=not QUIET, verbose=False)
 
         if not CACHE_DIR:
             # Put the cache dir in the data dir for now
diff --git a/headphones/logger.py b/headphones/logger.py
index 0f2baf98..4a21f3f8 100644
--- a/headphones/logger.py
+++ b/headphones/logger.py
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ def initLogger(console=False, verbose=False):
     Console logging is only enabled if console is set to True.
     """
 
+    # Close and remove old handlers. This is required to reinit the loggers
+    # at runtime
+    for handler in logger.handlers[:]:
+        # Just make sure it is cleaned up.
+        if isinstance(handler, handlers.RotatingFileHandler):
+            handler.close()
+        elif isinstance(handler, logging.StreamHandler):
+            handler.flush()
+
+        logger.removeHandler(handler)
+
     # Configure the logger to accept all messages
     logger.propagate = False
     logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG if verbose else logging.INFO)
diff --git a/headphones/webserve.py b/headphones/webserve.py
index 6db4c1f3..b4dd0c9a 100644
--- a/headphones/webserve.py
+++ b/headphones/webserve.py
@@ -736,6 +736,14 @@ class WebInterface(object):
         raise cherrypy.HTTPRedirect("logs")
     clearLogs.exposed = True
 
+    def toggleVerbose(self):
+        headphones.VERBOSE = not headphones.VERBOSE
+        logger.initLogger(not headphones.QUIET, headphones.VERBOSE)
+        logger.info("Verbose toggled, set to %s", headphones.VERBOSE)
+        logger.debug("If you read this message, debug logging is available")
+        raise cherrypy.HTTPRedirect("logs")
+    toggleVerbose.exposed = True
+
     def getLog(self,iDisplayStart=0,iDisplayLength=100,iSortCol_0=0,sSortDir_0="desc",sSearch="",**kwargs):
 
         iDisplayStart = int(iDisplayStart)