diff --git a/bin/luis-lu-export.js b/bin/luis-lu-export.js
index 27bfafd..19badf7 100644
--- a/bin/luis-lu-export.js
+++ b/bin/luis-lu-export.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ program
     .option('--model [model file]', 'The destination .lu file')
     .option('--versionId [versionId]', 'The version id to export')
     .option('--luisrc [luisrc file]', 'The .luisrc file we want to use, perhaps if we want to use a different LUIS app if you have an app per environment setup.')
+    .option('--verbose')
     .parse(process.argv);
 
 if(!program.model) {
diff --git a/bin/luis-version.js b/bin/luis-version.js
index db58a5a..727577d 100644
--- a/bin/luis-version.js
+++ b/bin/luis-version.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ program
     .option('--publish', 'Publishes the new version of the application')
     .option('--model [model file]', 'The .lu file supporting the application')
     .option('--luisrc [luisrc file]', 'The .luisrc file we want to use, perhaps if we want to use a different LUIS app if you have an app per environment setup.')
+    .option('--verbose')
     .parse(process.argv);
 
 if(!program.model) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 316db0b..3895154 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "luis-version-tools",
-  "version": "0.0.7",
+  "version": "0.0.8",
   "description": "An opinionated LUIS versioning tool",
   "main": "luis-version.js",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/src/updatemodel.js b/src/updatemodel.js
index 69ef8f3..320f3d9 100644
--- a/src/updatemodel.js
+++ b/src/updatemodel.js
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ const replaceExt = require('replace-ext');
 const VersionFile = '.luis-app-version';
 const LuisRcFile = '.luisrc';
 
-function npmrunExecSync(cmd) {
-    console.log(chalk.default.white(`exec: ${cmd}`));
-    return npmrun.execSync(cmd);
+function npmrunExecSync(cmd, options, program) {
+    if(program.verbose) {
+        console.log(chalk.default.white(`exec: ${cmd}`));
+    }
+    return npmrun.execSync(cmd, options);
 }
 
 exports.exportlu = function (program) {
@@ -25,17 +27,17 @@ exports.exportlu = function (program) {
         } else {
             console.log(chalk.default.green('Fetching versions ...'));
             const getVersions = `luis list versions --appId ${appConfig.appId} --authoringKey ${appConfig.authoringKey}`;
-            const getVersionsResult = JSON.parse(npmrunExecSync(getVersions));
+            const getVersionsResult = JSON.parse(npmrunExecSync(getVersions, {}, program));
             latestVersion = getVersionsResult[getVersionsResult.length - 1].version;
         }
 
         console.log(chalk.default.green(`Exporting version ${latestVersion} ...`));
         const exportCmd = `luis export version --appId ${appConfig.appId} --authoringKey ${appConfig.authoringKey} --versionId ${latestVersion} > ${tempJson}`;
-        const exportCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(exportCmd);
+        const exportCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(exportCmd, {}, program);
 
         console.log(chalk.default.green(`Refreshing .lu ...`));
         const ludownCmd = `ludown refresh -i ${tempJson} -n ${program.model} --skip_header`;
-        const ludownCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(ludownCmd);
+        const ludownCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(ludownCmd, {}, program);
 
         console.log(chalk.default.green(`Done! Created ${program.model} ...`));
 
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ exports.updateModel = function (program) {
 
     console.log(chalk.default.green(`Getting app id ${appConfig.appId}...`));
     const appCmd = `luis get application --appId ${appConfig.appId} --authoringKey ${appConfig.authoringKey}`;
-    const appCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(appCmd);
+    const appCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(appCmd, {}, program);
     if (appCmdResult.indexOf('is not a valid value for appId') >= 0) {
         console.log(chalk.default.redBright(`Application ${appConfig.appId} not found.`));
         process.exit();
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ exports.updateModel = function (program) {
 
     let versionExists = false;
     try {
-        getVersionResult = npmrunExecSync(getVersion, { stdio: 'ignore' });
+        getVersionResult = npmrunExecSync(getVersion, { stdio: 'ignore' }, program);
         console.log(chalk.default.yellowBright(`Version ${version} exists...`));
         versionExists = true;
     } catch (error) {
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ exports.updateModel = function (program) {
 
             console.log(chalk.default.green('Publishing...'));
             const publishCmd = `luis publish version --appId ${appConfig.appId} --versionId ${version} --authoringKey ${appConfig.authoringKey} --endpointBasePath ${appConfig.endpointBasePath}`;
-            const publishResult = JSON.parse(npmrunExecSync(publishCmd));
+            const publishResult = JSON.parse(npmrunExecSync(publishCmd, {}, program));
         } else {
             console.log(chalk.default.yellowBright('Skipping publish. Use --publish option to include publish.'));
         }
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ function runLudown(program, version, applicationJson) {
     console.log(chalk.default.green('Running ludown.'));
     const n = applicationJson.name;
     const ludownCmd = `ludown parse ToLuis --in ${program.model} --luis_name ${n} --luis_desc "${applicationJson.description}" --luis_versionId ${version} --luis_culture ${applicationJson.culture}`;
-    const ludownCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(ludownCmd);
+    const ludownCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(ludownCmd, {}, program);
     if (ludownCmdResult.toString().length > 0) {
         // there was an issue with ludown
         throw new Error('Issue with ludown: ' + ludownCmdResult);
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ function runLudown(program, version, applicationJson) {
 function deleteVersion(program, version, appConfig) {
     console.log(chalk.default.green('Backing version up before delete'));
     const backupVersionCmd = `luis export version --versionId ${version} --appId ${appConfig.appId} --authoringKey ${appConfig.authoringKey}`;
-    const backupVersionCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(backupVersionCmd);
+    const backupVersionCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(backupVersionCmd, {}, program);
 
     const deleteVersionCmd = `luis delete version --versionId ${version} --appId ${appConfig.appId} --authoringKey ${appConfig.authoringKey}`;
     const deleteVersionCmdProcess = npmrun.exec(deleteVersionCmd, {}, function (err, stdout, stderr) {
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ function deleteVersion(program, version, appConfig) {
 function importVersion(program, appConfig, version, jsonFilename) {
     console.log(chalk.green(`Importing version ${version}...`));
     const updateCmd = `luis import version --appId ${appConfig.appId} --authoringKey ${appConfig.authoringKey} --in ${jsonFilename}`;
-    const updateCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(updateCmd);
+    const updateCmdResult = npmrunExecSync(updateCmd, {}, progam);
 
     fs.unlinkSync(jsonFilename); // get rid of the old file
 
@@ -204,13 +206,13 @@ function trainVersion(version, appConfig) {
         if (retryCount > 0) {
             console.log(chalk.default.yellow(`Retry ${retryCount}: ${trainVersion}`));
         }
-        npmrunExecSync(trainVersion);
+        npmrunExecSync(trainVersion, {}, program);
         utils.waitfor(5);
         var start = moment();
         while (true) {
             const getStatus = `luis get status --appId ${appConfig.appId} --versionId ${version} --authoringKey ${appConfig.authoringKey}`;
 
-            const statusStr = npmrunExecSync(getStatus).toString();
+            const statusStr = npmrunExecSync(getStatus, {}, program).toString();
 
             let isDone = null;
             let needsRetrain = null;