diff --git a/config/fail2ban.conf.default b/config/fail2ban.conf.default
index 29feb909..014bd41b 100644
--- a/config/fail2ban.conf.default
+++ b/config/fail2ban.conf.default
@@ -11,8 +11,19 @@
 #
 background = true
 
+# Option:  verbose
+# Notes.:  verbosity of the output.
+#           0 - regular level
+#           1 - INFO level
+#           2 - DEBUG level (but commands get executed as opposed to
+#                debug option)
+# Values:  NUM  Default:  0
+#
+verbose = 1
+
 # Option:  debug
-# Notes.:  enable debug mode. More verbose output and bypass root user test.
+# Notes.:  enable debug mode. No real commands gets executed but only
+#          reported, more verbose output, bypass root user test.
 # Values:  [true | false]  Default:  false
 #
 debug = false
diff --git a/config/gentoo-confd b/config/gentoo-confd
index 8c4489db..ac4b6e22 100644
--- a/config/gentoo-confd
+++ b/config/gentoo-confd
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 
 # Command line options for Fail2Ban. Refer to "fail2ban -h" for
 # valid options.
-FAIL2BAN_OPTS="-v"
+FAIL2BAN_OPTS=""
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 20867022..afb7a7f5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+fail2ban (0.5.4-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Resolved the mistery of debug mode in which commands are not really
+    executed: added verbose option to config file, removed -v from
+    /etc/default/fail2ban, reordered code a bit so that log targets are
+    setup right after background and then only loglevel (verbose,debug) is
+    processed, so the warning could be seen in the logs
+
+ -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:20:43 -1000
+
 fail2ban (0.5.4-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Now exporting PATH explicitely in init.d/fail2ban script, to avoid
diff --git a/fail2ban.py b/fail2ban.py
index 69ee4cb3..af6fe4e4 100755
--- a/fail2ban.py
+++ b/fail2ban.py
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ def main():
 					["str", "syslog-target", "/dev/log"],
 					["int", "syslog-facility", 1],
 					["bool", "debug", False],
+					["int", "verbose", conf["verbose"]],
 					["str", "pidlock", "/var/run/fail2ban.pid"],
 					["int", "maxfailures", 5],
 					["int", "bantime", 600],
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ def main():
 					["int", "polltime", 1],
 					["str", "cmdstart", ""],
 					["str", "cmdend", ""])
-	
+
 	# Gets global configuration options
 	conf.update(confReader.getLogOptions("DEFAULT", optionValues))
 	
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ def main():
 	
 	# PID lock
 	pidLock.setPath(conf["pidlock"])
-	
+
 	# Now we can kill properly a running instance if needed
 	try:
 		conf["kill"]
@@ -220,26 +221,7 @@ def main():
 			logSys.error("Unable to start daemon")
 			sys.exit(-1)
 
-	# Verbose level
-	if conf["verbose"]:
-		logSys.warn("Verbose level is "+`conf["verbose"]`)
-		if conf["verbose"] == 1:
-			logSys.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-		elif conf["verbose"] > 1:
-			logSys.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-	
-	# Set debug log level
-	if conf["debug"]:
-		logSys.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-		formatterstring = ('%(levelname)s: [%(filename)s (%(lineno)d)] ' +
-						   '%(message)s')
-		formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s " + formatterstring)
-		stdout.setFormatter(formatter)
-		logSys.warn("DEBUG MODE: FIREWALL COMMANDS ARE _NOT_ EXECUTED BUT " +
-					"ONLY DISPLAYED IN THE LOG MESSAGES")
-
-	# Process some options
-	# Log targets
+	# First setup Log targets
 	# Bug fix for #1234699
 	os.umask(0077)
 	for target in conf["logtargets"].split():
@@ -289,7 +271,27 @@ def main():
 		# Set formatter and add handler to logger
 		hdlr.setFormatter(tformatter)
 		logSys.addHandler(hdlr)
-	
+
+	# Process some options
+
+	# Verbose level
+	if conf["verbose"]:
+		logSys.warn("Verbose level is "+`conf["verbose"]`)
+		if conf["verbose"] == 1:
+			logSys.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+		elif conf["verbose"] > 1:
+			logSys.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+	# Set debug log level
+	if conf["debug"]:
+		logSys.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+		formatterstring = ('%(levelname)s: [%(filename)s (%(lineno)d)] ' +
+						   '%(message)s')
+		formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s " + formatterstring)
+		stdout.setFormatter(formatter)
+		logSys.warn("DEBUG MODE: FIREWALL COMMANDS ARE _NOT_ EXECUTED BUT " +
+					"ONLY DISPLAYED IN THE LOG MESSAGES")
+
 	# Ignores IP list
 	ignoreIPList = conf["ignoreip"].split(' ')