diff --git a/pfbudget/__main__.py b/pfbudget/__main__.py
index e5c0303..4f3f2f9 100644
--- a/pfbudget/__main__.py
+++ b/pfbudget/__main__.py
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     args = vars(argparser.parse_args())
 
     assert "op" in args, "No pfbudget.Operation selected"
-    op: pfbudget.Operation = args["op"]
+    op: pfbudget.Operation = args.pop("op")
 
     assert "database" in args, "No database selected"
-    db = args["database"]
+    db = args.pop("database")
+
+    assert "verbose" in args, "No verbose level specified"
+    verbosity = args.pop("verbose")
 
     params = None
     match (op):
@@ -146,4 +149,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             assert "group" in args, "argparser ill defined"
             params = [pfbudget.types.CategoryGroup(group) for group in args["group"]]
 
-    pfbudget.Manager(db, args).action(op, params)
+    pfbudget.Manager(db, verbosity, args).action(op, params)
diff --git a/pfbudget/cli/runnable.py b/pfbudget/cli/runnable.py
index 18334d4..8d62abc 100644
--- a/pfbudget/cli/runnable.py
+++ b/pfbudget/cli/runnable.py
@@ -40,12 +40,7 @@ def argparser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         help="select current database",
         default=DEFAULT_DB,
     )
-    universal.add_argument(
-        "-q", "--quiet", action="store_true", help="reduces the amount of verbose"
-    )
-    universal.add_argument(
-        "-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help="increases the amount of verbose"
-    )
+    universal.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="count", default=0)
 
     period = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False).add_mutually_exclusive_group()
     period.add_argument(
diff --git a/pfbudget/core/manager.py b/pfbudget/core/manager.py
index d8bc431..f143951 100644
--- a/pfbudget/core/manager.py
+++ b/pfbudget/core/manager.py
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@ from pfbudget.cli.runnable import download, parse
 
 
 class Manager:
-    def __init__(self, db: str, args: dict):
+    def __init__(self, db: str, verbosity: int = 0, args: dict = {}):
         self._args = args
-        print(args)
 
         self._db = db
+        self._verbosity = verbosity
 
     def action(self, op: Operation, params: list):
+        if self._verbosity > 0:
+            print(f"op={op}, params={params}")
+
         match (op):
             case Operation.Init:
                 pass
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ class Manager:
 
     @property
     def db(self) -> DbClient:
-        return DbClient(self._db, self.args["verbose"])
+        return DbClient(self._db, self._verbosity > 0)
 
     @db.setter
     def db(self, url: str):