diff --git a/cmd/ctrld/cli.go b/cmd/ctrld/cli.go
index 8ef9b5d..6eb65f6 100644
--- a/cmd/ctrld/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/ctrld/cli.go
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ func initCLI() {
 		Short:   "Running Control-D DNS proxy server",
 		Version: "1.0.1",
 	}
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "verbose log output")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().CountVarP(
+		&verbose,
+		"verbose",
+		"v",
+		`verbose log output, "-v" means query logging enabled, "-vv" means debug level logging enabled`,
+	)
 
 	runCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "run",
diff --git a/cmd/ctrld/main.go b/cmd/ctrld/main.go
index 7b539eb..b916ee7 100644
--- a/cmd/ctrld/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ctrld/main.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ var (
 	configPath string
 	daemon     bool
 	cfg        ctrld.Config
-	verbose    bool
+	verbose    int
 
 	bootstrapDNS = "76.76.2.0"
 
@@ -42,21 +42,27 @@ func initLogging() {
 		writers = append(writers, logFile)
 	}
 	zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnixMs
-	if verbose || isLog {
-		consoleWriter := zerolog.NewConsoleWriter(func(w *zerolog.ConsoleWriter) {
-			w.TimeFormat = time.StampMilli
-		})
-		writers = append(writers, consoleWriter)
-		multi := zerolog.MultiLevelWriter(writers...)
-		mainLog = mainLog.Output(multi).With().Timestamp().Str("prefix", "main").Logger()
+	consoleWriter := zerolog.NewConsoleWriter(func(w *zerolog.ConsoleWriter) {
+		w.TimeFormat = time.StampMilli
+	})
+	writers = append(writers, consoleWriter)
+	multi := zerolog.MultiLevelWriter(writers...)
+	mainLog = mainLog.Output(multi).With().Timestamp().Str("prefix", "main").Logger()
+	if verbose > 0 || isLog {
 		proxyLog = proxyLog.Output(multi).With().Timestamp().Logger()
 		// TODO: find a better way.
 		ctrld.ProxyLog = proxyLog
 	}
-	if cfg.Service.LogLevel == "" {
+
+	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
+	logLevel := cfg.Service.LogLevel
+	if verbose > 1 {
+		logLevel = "debug"
+	}
+	if logLevel == "" {
 		return
 	}
-	level, err := zerolog.ParseLevel(cfg.Service.LogLevel)
+	level, err := zerolog.ParseLevel(logLevel)
 	if err != nil {
 		mainLog.Warn().Err(err).Msg("could not set log level")
 		return
diff --git a/cmd/ctrld/prog.go b/cmd/ctrld/prog.go
index c7dce9d..49b6c0e 100644
--- a/cmd/ctrld/prog.go
+++ b/cmd/ctrld/prog.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (p *prog) run() {
 					default:
 						continue
 					}
-					proxyLog.Info().Str("bootstrap_ip", uc.BootstrapIP).Msgf("Setting bootstrap IP for upstream.%s", n)
+					mainLog.Info().Str("bootstrap_ip", uc.BootstrapIP).Msgf("Setting bootstrap IP for upstream.%s", n)
 					// Stop if we reached here, because we got the bootstrap IP from r.Answer.
 					break
 				}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (p *prog) run() {
 				return
 			}
 			addr := net.JoinHostPort(listenerConfig.IP, strconv.Itoa(listenerConfig.Port))
-			proxyLog.Info().Msgf("Starting DNS server on listener.%s: %s", listenerNum, addr)
+			mainLog.Info().Msgf("Starting DNS server on listener.%s: %s", listenerNum, addr)
 			err := p.serveUDP(listenerNum)
 			if err != nil && !defaultConfigWritten {
 				proxyLog.Error().Err(err).Msgf("Unable to start dns proxy on listener.%s", listenerNum)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (p *prog) run() {
 						},
 					})
 					writeConfigFile()
-					proxyLog.Info().Msgf("Starting DNS server on listener.%s: %s", listenerNum, pc.LocalAddr())
+					mainLog.Info().Msgf("Starting DNS server on listener.%s: %s", listenerNum, pc.LocalAddr())
 					// There can be a race between closing the listener and start our own UDP server, but it's
 					// rare, and we only do this once, so let conservative here.
 					if err := pc.Close(); err != nil {