diff --git a/src/verificationbot/cli.py b/src/verificationbot/cli.py
index 6d6ba65..264ee9e 100644
--- a/src/verificationbot/cli.py
+++ b/src/verificationbot/cli.py
@@ -29,9 +29,19 @@ def get_control_group(ac: deltachat.account.Account):
     help="Specify backup file of your account to initialize account",
     default=" ",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--verbose",
+    "-v",
+    type=bool,
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Show Delta Chat log output",
+    default=False,
+)
 @click.pass_context
-def init(ctx, db_path, from_backup) -> None:
+def init(ctx, db_path, from_backup, verbose) -> None:
     ac = deltachat.account.Account(db_path)
+    if verbose:
+        ac.add_account_plugin(deltachat.events.FFIEventLogger(ac))
     if not ac.is_configured():
         if from_backup != " ":
             ac.import_all(from_backup)
@@ -133,9 +143,19 @@ def get_next_message_from_group(
     default=os.getenv("HOME") + "/.config/DeltaChat/verificationbot/db.sqlite",
     show_default=True,
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--verbose",
+    "-v",
+    type=bool,
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Show Delta Chat log output",
+    default=False,
+)
 @click.pass_context
-def run(ctx, db_path):
+def run(ctx, db_path, verbose):
     ac = deltachat.account.Account(db_path)
+    if verbose:
+        ac.add_account_plugin(deltachat.events.FFIEventLogger(ac))
     if not ac.is_configured():
         ctx.fail(
             "Please run this first to initialize the bot:\n\n    verificationbot init\n"