diff --git a/include/api.h b/include/api.h
index 893f29c..6a084b3 100644
--- a/include/api.h
+++ b/include/api.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class API
         apiConfig config;
         userDetails user;
 
-        API(const std::string& token,const std::string& secret);
+        API(const std::string& token,const std::string& secret, const bool& verbose = false);
         int init();
         int login(const std::string& email, const std::string& password);
         int getAPIConfig();
diff --git a/src/api.cpp b/src/api.cpp
index 2399a53..6a0976f 100644
--- a/src/api.cpp
+++ b/src/api.cpp
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ gameFile::~gameFile()
 
 }
 
-API::API(const std::string& token, const std::string& secret)
+API::API(const std::string& token, const std::string& secret, const bool& verbose)
 {
     curlhandle = curl_easy_init();
-    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 0);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, verbose);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1);
     curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
diff --git a/src/downloader.cpp b/src/downloader.cpp
index 1411052..d1183da 100644
--- a/src/downloader.cpp
+++ b/src/downloader.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int Downloader::init()
     if (config.bVerbose)
         curl_easy_setopt(curlhandle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
 
-    gogAPI = new API(config.sToken, config.sSecret);
+    gogAPI = new API(config.sToken, config.sSecret, config.bVerbose);
     progressbar = new ProgressBar(!config.bNoUnicode, !config.bNoColor);
 
     if (config.bLogin || !gogAPI->init())