diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
index fb1fefa48..a0809dd60 100755
--- a/electrum
+++ b/electrum
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser.add_option("-c", "--changeaddr", dest="change_addr", default=None, help="set the change address for payto/mktx. default is a spare address, or the source address if it's not in the wallet")
     parser.add_option("-s", "--server", dest="server", default=None, help="set server host:port:protocol, where protocol is t or h")
     parser.add_option("-p", "--proxy", dest="proxy", default=None, help="set proxy [type:]host[:port], where type is socks4,socks5 or http")
-    #parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", dest="verbose", default=False, help="show debugging information")
+    parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", dest="verbose", default=False, help="show debugging information")
     options, args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    #set_verbosity(options.verbose)
+    set_verbosity(options.verbose)
 
     # config is an object passed to the various constructors (wallet, interface, gui)
     config = SimpleConfig(options)