diff --git a/Headphones.py b/Headphones.py
index 480caf08..ce67b2b1 100755
--- a/Headphones.py
+++ b/Headphones.py
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.verbose:
-        headphones.VERBOSE = 2
-    elif args.quiet:
-        headphones.VERBOSE = 0
+        headphones.VERBOSE = True
+    if args.quiet:
+        headphones.QUIET = True
 
     if args.daemon:
         if sys.platform == 'win32':
diff --git a/headphones/__init__.py b/headphones/__init__.py
index 821fb202..3b785efc 100644
--- a/headphones/__init__.py
+++ b/headphones/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ SIGNAL = None
 SYS_PLATFORM = None
 SYS_ENCODING = None
 
-VERBOSE = 1
+QUIET = True
+VERBOSE = False
 DAEMON = False
 CREATEPID = False
 PIDFILE= None
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ def initialize():
 
     with INIT_LOCK:
 
-        global __INITIALIZED__, FULL_PATH, PROG_DIR, VERBOSE, DAEMON, SYS_PLATFORM, DATA_DIR, CONFIG_FILE, CFG, CONFIG_VERSION, LOG_DIR, CACHE_DIR, \
+        global __INITIALIZED__, FULL_PATH, PROG_DIR, VERBOSE, QUIET, DAEMON, SYS_PLATFORM, DATA_DIR, CONFIG_FILE, CFG, CONFIG_VERSION, LOG_DIR, CACHE_DIR, \
                 HTTP_PORT, HTTP_HOST, HTTP_USERNAME, HTTP_PASSWORD, HTTP_ROOT, HTTP_PROXY, LAUNCH_BROWSER, API_ENABLED, API_KEY, GIT_PATH, GIT_USER, GIT_BRANCH, DO_NOT_OVERRIDE_GIT_BRANCH, \
                 CURRENT_VERSION, LATEST_VERSION, CHECK_GITHUB, CHECK_GITHUB_ON_STARTUP, CHECK_GITHUB_INTERVAL, MUSIC_DIR, DESTINATION_DIR, \
                 LOSSLESS_DESTINATION_DIR, PREFERRED_QUALITY, PREFERRED_BITRATE, DETECT_BITRATE, ADD_ARTISTS, CORRECT_METADATA, MOVE_FILES, \
@@ -717,8 +718,8 @@ def initialize():
                 if VERBOSE:
                     sys.stderr.write('Unable to create the log directory. Logging to screen only.\n')
 
-        # Start the logger, silence console logging if we need to
-        logger.initLogger(verbose=VERBOSE)
+        # Start the logger, disable console if needed
+        logger.initLogger(console=not QUIET, verbose=VERBOSE)
 
         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 b2ea73db..0f2baf98 100644
--- a/headphones/logger.py
+++ b/headphones/logger.py
@@ -43,19 +43,21 @@ class LogListHandler(logging.Handler):
 
         headphones.LOG_LIST.insert(0, (helpers.now(), message, record.levelname, record.threadName))
 
-def initLogger(verbose=1):
+def initLogger(console=False, verbose=False):
     """
     Setup logging for Headphones. It uses the logger instance with the name
     'headphones'. Three log handlers are added:
 
     * RotatingFileHandler: for the file headphones.log
     * LogListHandler: for Web UI
-    * StreamHandler: for console (if verbose > 0)
+    * StreamHandler: for console (if console)
+
+    Console logging is only enabled if console is set to True.
     """
 
     # Configure the logger to accept all messages
     logger.propagate = False
-    logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG if verbose == 2 else logging.INFO)
+    logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG if verbose else logging.INFO)
 
     # Setup file logger
     filename = os.path.join(headphones.LOG_DIR, FILENAME)
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ def initLogger(verbose=1):
     logger.addHandler(loglist_handler)
 
     # Setup console logger
-    if verbose:
+    if console:
         console_formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s :: %(threadName)s : %(message)s', '%d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S')
         console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
         console_handler.setFormatter(console_formatter)