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diff --git a/verbose.go b/verbose.go
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+package config
+
+// this is an experiment at this point to
+// see how this turns out
+
+func Verbose() bool {
+	// always use the config file value first
+	if configPB != nil {
+		found := configPB.FindByKey("Verbose")
+
+		if found != nil {
+			if found.Value == "true" {
+				return true
+			}
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	// nothing in the config file.  check argv
+	for _, v := range argv {
+		if v == "--verbose" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}