diff --git a/src/f0cal/core/__main__.py b/src/f0cal/core/__main__.py
index 40f9dc2..a00b536 100644
--- a/src/f0cal/core/__main__.py
+++ b/src/f0cal/core/__main__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ def _top_level_args(parser):
     # # parser.add_argument('-f0o', '--f0cal-config-override', action='append')
     parser.add_argument("-j", "--json", action="store_true", help="Output in json format instead of human-readable")
     parser.add_argument("-c", "--core", default=f0cal.core.CORE)
+    parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help="Print debugging output")
 
 def main():
     f0cal.core.CORE.scanner.scan("f0cal")
diff --git a/src/f0cal/core/helpers.py b/src/f0cal/core/helpers.py
index 358896a..5a8f17a 100644
--- a/src/f0cal/core/helpers.py
+++ b/src/f0cal/core/helpers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import os
 
 import jinja2 as j2
@@ -28,3 +29,15 @@ def from_template_path(cls, template_path):
         dir_path, template_name = os.path.split(template_path)
         dir_path = os.path.abspath(dir_path)
         return cls(dir_path, template=template_name)
+
+
+logging.basicConfig(format='%(levelname)s:%(asctime)s:   %(message)s')
+def create_client_log(name, verbose=False):
+    if verbose:
+        level = logging.DEBUG
+    else:
+        level = logging.WARNING
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger(name)
+    logger.setLevel(level)
+    return logger