diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index d165bd2..198edb7 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -5,19 +5,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Configs struct {
-	Verbose bool
-	Dbhost  string
-	Dbname  string
-	Dbport  int
-	Port    int
+	Dbhost string
+	Dbname string
+	Dbport int
+	Port   int
 }
 
 func NewConfig() *Configs {
 	return &Configs{
-		Verbose: true,
-		Dbname:  "itslog",
-		Dbport:  5432,
-		Port:    80,
+		Dbname: "itslog",
+		Dbport: 5432,
+		Port:   80,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 46c31fd..75a1089 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
+var verbose = flag.Bool("verbose", false, "increase logging verbosity")
+
 func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
 	log.SetFlags(log.Ldate | log.Ltime | log.Lshortfile)
 	config := NewConfig()
 	err := envconfig.Process("ITSLOG", config)