diff --git a/src/closure.c b/src/closure.c
index eb54364..480270b 100644
--- a/src/closure.c
+++ b/src/closure.c
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@
  #include "inlined-icons.h"
 #endif
 
-#if 0 
- #define Verbose g_printf
-#else
- #define Verbose(format, ...)
-#endif
-
-
 #ifdef SYS_MINGW
 #include <windows.h>
 
diff --git a/src/dvdisaster.c b/src/dvdisaster.c
index e610af6..ec92a33 100644
--- a/src/dvdisaster.c
+++ b/src/dvdisaster.c
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       PrintCLI(_("  -m, --method x             - list/select error correction methods (default: RS01)\n"));
       PrintCLI(_("  -n, --redundancy n%%        - error correction data redundancy\n"
 		 "                               allowed values depend on codec (see manual)\n"));
-      PrintCLI(_("  -v, --verbose              - more diagnostic messages\n"));
+      PrintCLI(_("  -v, --verbose              - more logs, set env VERBOSE=1 for pre-options parsing logs\n"));
       PrintCLI(_("  -x, --threads n            - use n threads for en-/decoding (if supported by codec)\n"));
       PrintCLI(_("  --adaptive-read            - use optimized strategy for reading damaged media\n"));
       PrintCLI(_("  --auto-suffix              - automatically add .iso and .ecc file suffixes\n"));
diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index 3bb61ee..379ef67 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ void Verbose(char *format, ...)
       va_end(argp);
    }
 
-   if(!Closure->verbose)
+   if(!Closure->verbose && !g_getenv("VERBOSE"))
     return;
 
    va_start(argp, format);