diff --git a/fairmq/shmem/Manager.h b/fairmq/shmem/Manager.h
index 7949d2a8e..7da4c075b 100644
--- a/fairmq/shmem/Manager.h
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/Manager.h
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class Manager
             }
 
             if (!p.empty()) {
-                boost::process::spawn(p, "-x", "-m", "--shmid", id, "-d", "-t", "2000", verbose ? "--verbose" : "", env);
+                boost::process::spawn(p, "-x", "-m", "--shmid", id, "-d", "-t", "2000", (verbose ? "--verbose" : ""), env);
                 int numTries = 0;
                 do {
                     try {
diff --git a/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.cxx b/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.cxx
index 3f85bc9d8..27b087ce4 100644
--- a/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.cxx
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ std::pair<std::string, bool> RunRemoval(std::function<bool(const std::string&)>
         return {name, true};
     } else {
         if (verbose) {
-            LOG(info) << "Did not remove '" << name << "'. Already removed?";
+            LOG(debug) << "Did not remove '" << name << "'. Already removed?";
         }
         return {name, false};
     }
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ std::vector<std::pair<std::string, bool>> Monitor::Cleanup(const ShmId& shmId, b
             RegionCounter* rc = managementSegment.find<RegionCounter>(bipc::unique_instance).first;
             if (rc) {
                 if (verbose) {
-                    LOG(info) << "Region counter found: " << rc->fCount;
+                    LOG(debug) << "Region counter found: " << rc->fCount;
                 }
                 uint16_t regionCount = rc->fCount;
 
diff --git a/fairmq/shmem/runMonitor.cxx b/fairmq/shmem/runMonitor.cxx
index 43a180e95..dfa1cafe6 100644
--- a/fairmq/shmem/runMonitor.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/runMonitor.cxx
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         bool listAll = false;
         string listAllPath;
         bool verbose = false;
+        string severity;
         int userId = -1;
 
         options_description desc("Options");
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
             ("list-all"       , value<bool>(&listAll)->implicit_value(true),            "List all sessions & segments")
             ("list-all-path"  , value<string>(&listAllPath)->default_value("/dev/shm/"),"Path for the --list-all command to search segments in")
             ("verbose"        , value<bool>(&verbose)->implicit_value(true),            "Verbose mode (daemon will output to a file 'fairmq-shmmonitor_<timestamp>')")
+            ("severity"       , value<string>(&severity)->default_value("info"),        "Log severity")
             ("user-id"        , value<int>(&userId)->default_value(-1),                 "User id (used with --get-shmid)")
             ("help,h",                                                                  "Print help");
 
@@ -122,6 +124,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
         notify(vm);
 
+        fair::Logger::SetConsoleSeverity(severity);
+
         if (getShmId) {
             if (userId == -1) {
                 LOG(info) << "shmem id for session '" << sessionName << "' and current user id " << geteuid()