diff --git a/headphones/__init__.py b/headphones/__init__.py
index 40e085e1..380a31bf 100644
--- a/headphones/__init__.py
+++ b/headphones/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ SIGNAL = None
 SYS_PLATFORM = None
 SYS_ENCODING = None
 
-VERBOSE = 2
+VERBOSE = 1
 DAEMON = False
 CREATEPID = False
 PIDFILE= None