diff --git a/engine/main.cc b/engine/main.cc
index 81a026dd4..79f1aaa98 100644
--- a/engine/main.cc
+++ b/engine/main.cc
@@ -200,21 +200,29 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
       RunServer();
       return 0;
     } else {
-      auto config = file_manager_utils::GetCortexConfig();
-      std::filesystem::create_directories(
-          std::filesystem::path(config.logFolderPath) /
-          std::filesystem::path(cortex_utils::logs_folder));
-      trantor::FileLogger asyncFileLogger;
-      asyncFileLogger.setFileName(config.logFolderPath + "/" +
-                                  cortex_utils::logs_cli_base_name);
-      asyncFileLogger.setMaxLines(
-          config.maxLogLines);  // Keep last 100000 lines
-      asyncFileLogger.startLogging();
-      trantor::Logger::setOutputFunction(
-          [&](const char* msg, const uint64_t len) {
-            asyncFileLogger.output_(msg, len);
-          },
-          [&]() { asyncFileLogger.flush(); });
+      bool verbose = false;
+      for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+        if (strcmp(argv[i], "--verbose") == 0) {
+          verbose = true;
+        }
+      }
+      if (!verbose) {
+        auto config = file_manager_utils::GetCortexConfig();
+        std::filesystem::create_directories(
+            std::filesystem::path(config.logFolderPath) /
+            std::filesystem::path(cortex_utils::logs_folder));
+        trantor::FileLogger asyncFileLogger;
+        asyncFileLogger.setFileName(config.logFolderPath + "/" +
+                                    cortex_utils::logs_cli_base_name);
+        asyncFileLogger.setMaxLines(
+            config.maxLogLines);  // Keep last 100000 lines
+        asyncFileLogger.startLogging();
+        trantor::Logger::setOutputFunction(
+            [&](const char* msg, const uint64_t len) {
+              asyncFileLogger.output_(msg, len);
+            },
+            [&]() { asyncFileLogger.flush(); });
+      }
       CommandLineParser clp;
       clp.SetupCommand(argc, argv);
       return 0;