diff --git a/src/migratus/cli.clj b/src/migratus/cli.clj
index d662cdf..518237e 100644
--- a/src/migratus/cli.clj
+++ b/src/migratus/cli.clj
@@ -6,11 +6,20 @@
             [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
             [migratus.core :as migratus])
   (:import [java.time ZoneOffset]
-           [java.util.logging ConsoleHandler Logger LogRecord
-            Formatter SimpleFormatter]))
+           [java.util.logging
+            ConsoleHandler
+            Formatter
+            Level
+            LogRecord
+            Logger
+            SimpleFormatter]))
 
 (def global-cli-options
-  [[nil "--config NAME" "Configuration file name" :default "migratus.edn"]
+  [[nil "--config NAME" "Configuration file name" ]
+   ["-v" nil "Verbosity level; may be specified multiple times to increase value"
+    :id :verbosity
+    :default 0
+    :update-fn inc]
    ["-h" "--help"]])
 
 (def migrate-cli-options
@@ -56,6 +65,7 @@
 
 (defn run-migrate [cfg [_ & args]]
   (let [{:keys [options arguments errors summary]} (parse-opts args migrate-cli-options :in-order true)]
+    
     (cond
       errors (error-msg errors)
       (:until-just-before options)
@@ -87,6 +97,7 @@
 (defn run-list [cfg [_ & args]]
   (let [{:keys [options _arguments errors summary]} (parse-opts args list-cli-options :in-order true)]
     (cond
+      
       errors (error-msg errors)
       (:applyed options) (log/info "listing applyed migrations")
       (:pending options) (do (log/info "listing pending migrations, configuration is: \n" cfg)
@@ -119,31 +130,88 @@
          logger (.getLoggerName record)]
      (core/format fmt date src logger level msg thr))))
 
+(defn verbose-log-level [v]
+  (case v
+    0  java.util.logging.Level/INFO  ;; :info
+    1  java.util.logging.Level/FINE  ;; :debug
+    java.util.logging.Level/FINEST)) ;; :trace
+
 (defn set-logger-format
   "Configure JUL logger to use a custom log formatter.
 
    * formatter - instance of java.util.logging.Formatter"
-  ([]
-   (set-logger-format (simple-formatter format-log-record)))
-  ([^Formatter formatter]
+  ([verbosity]
+   (set-logger-format verbosity (simple-formatter format-log-record)))
+  ([verbosity ^Formatter formatter]
    (let [main-logger (doto (Logger/getLogger "")
-                       (.setUseParentHandlers false))
+                       (.setUseParentHandlers false)
+                       (.setLevel (verbose-log-level verbosity)))
          handler (doto (ConsoleHandler.)
-                   (.setFormatter formatter))
+                   (.setFormatter formatter)
+                   (.setLevel (verbose-log-level verbosity)))
          handlers (.getHandlers main-logger)]
      (doseq [h handlers]
        (.removeHandler main-logger h))
      (.addHandler main-logger handler))))
 
+(defn simple-formatter
+  "Clojure bridge for java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.
+   Can register a clojure fn as a logger formatter.
+
+   * format-fn - clojure fn that receives the record to send to logging."
+  (^SimpleFormatter [format-fn]
+   (proxy [SimpleFormatter] []
+     (format [record]
+       (format-fn record)))))
+
+(defn format-log-record
+  "Format jul logger record."
+  (^String [^LogRecord record]
+   (let [fmt "%5$s"
+         instant (.getInstant record)
+         date (-> instant (.atZone ZoneOffset/UTC))
+         level (.getLevel record)
+         src (.getSourceClassName record)
+         msg (.getMessage record)
+         thr (.getThrown record)
+         logger (.getLoggerName record)]
+     (core/format fmt date src logger level msg thr))))
+
+(defn set-logger-format
+  "Configure JUL logger to use a custom log formatter.
+
+   * formatter - instance of java.util.logging.Formatter"
+  ([verbosity]
+   (set-logger-format verbosity (simple-formatter format-log-record)))
+  ([verbosity ^Formatter formatter]
+   (let [main-logger (doto (Logger/getLogger "")
+                       (.setUseParentHandlers false)
+                       (.setLevel (verbose-log-level verbosity)))
+         handler (doto (ConsoleHandler.)
+                   (.setFormatter formatter)
+                   (.setLevel (verbose-log-level verbosity)))
+         handlers (.getHandlers main-logger)]
+     (doseq [h handlers]
+       (.removeHandler main-logger h))
+     (.addHandler main-logger handler))))
+
+(defn load-config!
+  "Returns the content of config file as a clojure map datastructure"
+  [^String config]
+  (let [config-path (.getAbsolutePath (io/file config))]
+    (try
+      (read-string (slurp config-path))
+      (catch java.io.FileNotFoundException e
+        (log/info "Missing config file" (.getMessage e)
+                  "\nYou can use --config path_to_file to specify a path to config file")))))
+
 (defn -main [& args]
   (let [{:keys [options arguments _errors summary]} (parse-opts args global-cli-options :in-order true)
         config (:config options)
-        config-path (.getAbsolutePath (io/file config))
-        cfg (read-string (slurp config-path))
+        verbosity (:verbosity options)
+        cfg (load-config! config)
         action (first arguments)]
-    
-    (set-logger-format)
-
+    (set-logger-format verbosity)
     (cond
       (:help options) (usage summary)
       (nil? (:config options)) (error-msg "No config provided \n --config [file-name]>")
@@ -159,4 +227,3 @@
               (no-match-message arguments summary)))))
 
 
-