diff --git a/vladiate/main.py b/vladiate/main.py
index 988bd8e..68164c1 100644
--- a/vladiate/main.py
+++ b/vladiate/main.py
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ def parse_args():
         type=int,
         help="attempt to use this number of processes")
 
+    # Verbose mode
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-v', '--verbose',
+        dest='verbose',
+        action='store_true',
+        default=False,
+        help="Print failure exceptions from validators as debug logs")
+
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
@@ -148,9 +156,12 @@ def load_vladfile(path):
     return imported.__doc__, vlads
 
 
-def _vladiate(vlad):
+def _vladiate(args):
+    vlad = args[0]
+    verbose = args[1]
     global result_queue
-    result_queue.put(vlad(vlad.source, validators=vlad.validators).validate())
+    result_queue.put(vlad(vlad.source, validators=vlad.validators,
+                          verbose=verbose).validate())
 
 
 result_queue = Queue()
@@ -200,7 +211,7 @@ def main():
     # return code
     if arguments.processes == 1:
         for vlad in vlad_classes:
-            vlad(source=vlad.source).validate()
+            vlad(source=vlad.source, verbose=arguments.verbose).validate()
 
     else:
         proc_pool = Pool(
@@ -208,7 +219,8 @@ def main():
             if arguments.processes <= len(vlad_classes)
             else len(vlad_classes)
         )
-        proc_pool.map(_vladiate, vlad_classes)
+        proc_pool.map(_vladiate, zip(vlad_classes,
+                                     [arguments.verbose] * len(vlad_classes)))
         try:
             if not result_queue.get_nowait():
                 return os.EX_DATAERR
diff --git a/vladiate/test/test_main.py b/vladiate/test/test_main.py
index 0d6c182..f8fd915 100644
--- a/vladiate/test/test_main.py
+++ b/vladiate/test/test_main.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class TestVlad(Vlad):
         def validate(self):
             return validate_result
 
-    _vladiate(TestVlad)
+    _vladiate((TestVlad, True))
 
     assert put.calls == [
         call(validate_result)
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def test_main_when_get_nowait_raises(monkeypatch):
             vladfile=stub(),
             vlads=['Something'],
             processes=2,
+            verbose=False,
         )
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr(
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ def test_main_with_multiprocess(monkeypatch, get_nowait, expected):
             vladfile=stub(),
             vlads=['Something'],
             processes=2,
+            verbose=False,
         )
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr(
@@ -182,6 +184,7 @@ def test_main_with_vlads_in_args(monkeypatch):
             vladfile=stub(),
             vlads=['Something'],
             processes=1,
+            verbose=False,
         )
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr(
@@ -205,6 +208,7 @@ def test_main_no_vlads_in_args(monkeypatch):
             vladfile=stub(),
             vlads=[],
             processes=1,
+            verbose=False,
         )
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr(
diff --git a/vladiate/test/test_vlads.py b/vladiate/test/test_vlads.py
index 4b077ae..f2c8234 100644
--- a/vladiate/test/test_vlads.py
+++ b/vladiate/test/test_vlads.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     EmptyValidator, FloatValidator, NotEmptyValidator, SetValidator,
     UniqueValidator,
 )
+from ..exceptions import ValidationException
 
 
 def test_initialize_vlad():
@@ -116,6 +117,31 @@ class TestVlad(Vlad):
     assert not vlad.validate()
     assert vlad.validators['Column A'][0].fail_count == 3
     assert vlad.validators['Column B'][0].fail_count == 3
+    assert len(vlad.failures) == 0
+
+
+def test_verbose_and_fails_validation():
+    source = LocalFile('vladiate/examples/vampires.csv')
+
+    class TestVlad(Vlad):
+        validators = {
+            'Column A': [
+                EmptyValidator()
+            ],
+            'Column B': [
+                SetValidator(['Vampire'])
+            ]
+        }
+
+    vlad = TestVlad(source=source, verbose=True)
+    assert not vlad.validate()
+    ve = [ValidationException]
+    assert list(map(type, vlad.failures['Column A'][0])) == ve
+    assert list(map(type, vlad.failures['Column A'][1])) == ve
+    assert list(map(type, vlad.failures['Column A'][2])) == ve
+    assert list(map(type, vlad.failures['Column B'][0])) == ve
+    assert list(map(type, vlad.failures['Column B'][1])) == []
+    assert list(map(type, vlad.failures['Column B'][2])) == []
 
 
 def test_gt_99_failures():
diff --git a/vladiate/vlad.py b/vladiate/vlad.py
index 0233152..14f674d 100644
--- a/vladiate/vlad.py
+++ b/vladiate/vlad.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 class Vlad(object):
 
     def __init__(self, source, validators={}, default_validator=EmptyValidator,
-                 delimiter=None, ignore_missing_validators=False):
+                 delimiter=None, ignore_missing_validators=False,
+                 verbose=False):
         self.logger = logs.logger
         self.failures = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))
         self.missing_validators = None
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ def __init__(self, source, validators={}, default_validator=EmptyValidator,
         self.delimiter = delimiter or getattr(self, 'delimiter', ',')
         self.line_count = 0
         self.ignore_missing_validators = ignore_missing_validators
+        self.verbose = verbose
 
         self.validators.update({
             field: [default_validator()]
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ def validate(self):
             self._log_missing_fields()
             return False
 
+        any_failures = False
+
         for line, row in enumerate(reader):
             self.line_count += 1
             for field_name, field in row.items():
@@ -107,12 +111,15 @@ def validate(self):
                         try:
                             validator.validate(field, row=row)
                         except ValidationException as e:
-                            self.failures[field_name][line].append(e)
+                            any_failures = True
+                            if self.verbose:
+                                self.failures[field_name][line].append(e)
                             validator.fail_count += 1
 
-        if self.failures:
+        if any_failures:
             self.logger.info("\033[0;31m" + "Failed :(" + "\033[0m")
-            self._log_debug_failures()
+            if self.verbose:
+                self._log_debug_failures()
             self._log_validator_failures()
             return False
         else: