diff --git a/libmat2/office.py b/libmat2/office.py
index 62d0395..4881253 100644
--- a/libmat2/office.py
+++ b/libmat2/office.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ from . import abstract, parser_factory
 assert Set
 assert Pattern
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR)
-
 def _parse_xml(full_path: str):
     """ This function parse XML, with namespace support. """
 
@@ -96,7 +94,8 @@ class ArchiveBasedAbstractParser(abstract.AbstractParser):
                 if self._specific_cleanup(full_path) is False:
                     shutil.rmtree(temp_folder)
                     os.remove(self.output_filename)
-                    logging.info("Something went wrong during deep cleaning of %s", item.filename)
+                    logging.warning("Something went wrong during deep cleaning of %s",
+                                    item.filename)
                     return False
 
                 if item.filename in self.files_to_keep:
@@ -110,7 +109,9 @@ class ArchiveBasedAbstractParser(abstract.AbstractParser):
                     if not tmp_parser:
                         shutil.rmtree(temp_folder)
                         os.remove(self.output_filename)
-                        logging.info("%s's format (%s) isn't supported", item.filename, mtype)
+                        logging.error("in file %s, element %s's format (%s) " +
+                                      "isn't supported",
+                                      self.filename, item.filename, mtype)
                         return False
                     tmp_parser.remove_all()
                     os.rename(tmp_parser.output_filename, full_path)
diff --git a/libmat2/pdf.py b/libmat2/pdf.py
index d3c4698..bc7c8a6 100644
--- a/libmat2/pdf.py
+++ b/libmat2/pdf.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ from gi.repository import Poppler, GLib
 
 from . import abstract
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR)
-
 poppler_version = Poppler.get_version()
 if LooseVersion(poppler_version) < LooseVersion('0.46'): # pragma: no cover
     raise ValueError("MAT2 needs at least Poppler version 0.46 to work. \
diff --git a/libmat2/torrent.py b/libmat2/torrent.py
index 90f83f8..049807b 100644
--- a/libmat2/torrent.py
+++ b/libmat2/torrent.py
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ from typing import Union, Tuple, Dict
 
 from . import abstract
 
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR)
-
-
 class TorrentParser(abstract.AbstractParser):
     mimetypes = {'application/x-bittorrent', }
     whitelist = {b'announce', b'announce-list', b'info'}
@@ -123,9 +120,9 @@ class _BencodeHandler(object):
         try:
             ret, trail = self.__decode_func[s[0]](s)
         except (IndexError, KeyError, ValueError) as e:
-            logging.debug("Not a valid bencoded string: %s", e)
+            logging.warning("Not a valid bencoded string: %s", e)
             return None
         if trail != b'':
-            logging.debug("Invalid bencoded value (data after valid prefix)")
+            logging.warning("Invalid bencoded value (data after valid prefix)")
             return None
         return ret
diff --git a/mat2 b/mat2
index 35b5aee..23792b4 100755
--- a/mat2
+++ b/mat2
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import itertools
 import mimetypes
 import argparse
 import multiprocessing
+import logging
 
 try:
     from libmat2 import parser_factory, UNSUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS, check_dependencies
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ def create_arg_parser():
                         help='list all supported fileformats')
     parser.add_argument('-c', '--check-dependencies', action='store_true',
                         help='check if MAT2 has all the dependencies it needs')
+    parser.add_argument('-V', '--verbose', action='store_true',
+                        help='show more verbose status information')
 
 
     info = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
@@ -110,6 +113,9 @@ def main():
     arg_parser = create_arg_parser()
     args = arg_parser.parse_args()
 
+    if args.verbose:
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
     if not args.files:
         if args.list:
             show_parsers()
diff --git a/tests/test_climat2.py b/tests/test_climat2.py
index e65e47f..af89c0e 100644
--- a/tests/test_climat2.py
+++ b/tests/test_climat2.py
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ class TestHelp(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_help(self):
         proc = subprocess.Popen(['./mat2', '--help'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         stdout, _ = proc.communicate()
-        self.assertIn(b'usage: mat2 [-h] [-v] [-l] [-c] [-s | -L] [files [files ...]]', stdout)
+        self.assertIn(b'usage: mat2 [-h] [-v] [-l] [-c] [-V] [-s | -L] [files [files ...]]', stdout)
 
     def test_no_arg(self):
         proc = subprocess.Popen(['./mat2'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         stdout, _ = proc.communicate()
-        self.assertIn(b'usage: mat2 [-h] [-v] [-l] [-c] [-s | -L] [files [files ...]]', stdout)
+        self.assertIn(b'usage: mat2 [-h] [-v] [-l] [-c] [-V] [-s | -L] [files [files ...]]', stdout)
 
 
 class TestVersion(unittest.TestCase):