diff --git a/botconfig.py.example b/botconfig.py.example
index 9a0c323..8522e6c 100644
--- a/botconfig.py.example
+++ b/botconfig.py.example
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ DENY = {}
 # Stop editing here
 
 # Argument --debug means start in debug mode
+#          --verbose means to print a lot of stuff (when not in debug mode)
 import argparse
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument('--debug', action='store_true')
 parser.add_argument('--sabotage', action='store_true')
+parser.add_argument('--verbose', action='store_true')
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 DEBUG_MODE = args.debug if not DISABLE_DEBUG_MODE else False
+VERBOSE_MODE = args.verbose
 
 DEFAULT_MODULE = "sabotage" if args.sabotage else "wolfgame"
diff --git a/oyoyo/parse.py b/oyoyo/parse.py
index 8737ac8..f2bc1ec 100644
--- a/oyoyo/parse.py
+++ b/oyoyo/parse.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def parse_raw_irc_command(element):
         try:
             command = numeric_events[command]
         except KeyError:
-            logging.warn('unknown numeric event {0}'.format(command))
+            logging.debug('unknown numeric event {0}'.format(command))
     command = command.lower()
     if isinstance(command, bytes): command = command.decode("utf_8")
 
diff --git a/wolfbot.py b/wolfbot.py
index f2fc54c..2626742 100755
--- a/wolfbot.py
+++ b/wolfbot.py
@@ -26,15 +26,24 @@ import botconfig
 import time
 import traceback
 import modules.common
+import sys
 
 class UTCFormatter(logging.Formatter):
     converter = time.gmtime
 
 def main():
     if not botconfig.DEBUG_MODE:
-        logging.basicConfig(filename='errors.log', filemode='a', level=logging.WARNING)
+        logger = logging.getLogger()
+        logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        fh = logging.FileHandler("errors.log")
+        fh.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+        logger.addHandler(fh)
+        if botconfig.VERBOSE_MODE:
+            hdlr = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+            hdlr.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+            logger.addHandler(hdlr)
         formatter = UTCFormatter('[%(asctime)s] %(message)s', '%d/%b/%Y %H:%M:%S')
-        for handler in logging.getLogger().handlers:
+        for handler in logger.handlers:
             handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     else:
         logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)