diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 590595b..521cf46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ heptapod tm ls
 
 Dryrun the current rules, in verbose mode, also log speed and debug informations. (Potentially list nonexistent directories and files!)
 ```
-heptapod -v run -d
+heptapod -v 1 run -d
 ```
 
 To run the current rules, and add the dirs to the TM exclude list. Also writes exclude logs to `~/.heptapod/logs` (or the given `--logDir dir`) for easier revert.
diff --git a/pkg/cli-utils/global-flags.go b/pkg/cli-utils/global-flags.go
index b9f6461..cc99aea 100644
--- a/pkg/cli-utils/global-flags.go
+++ b/pkg/cli-utils/global-flags.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 var rulePath string
 var logDir string
-var verbose bool
+var verbose int
 var par int
 var buffer int
 
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ var LogDirFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
 	Destination: &logDir,
 }
 
-var VerboseFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+var VerboseFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
 	Name:        "verbose",
 	Aliases:     []string{"v"},
-	Value:       false,
-	Usage:       "prints out performance logs (and other logs in general)",
+	Value:       0,
+	Usage:       "prints out performance logs (and other logs in general) (0-4)",
 	Destination: &verbose,
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cli-utils/run-command.go b/pkg/cli-utils/run-command.go
index 3067724..36277c5 100644
--- a/pkg/cli-utils/run-command.go
+++ b/pkg/cli-utils/run-command.go
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ var RunCommand = &cli.Command{
 			fmt.Print(strings.Join(res, "\r\n"))
 			fmt.Print("\n")
 		} else {
+			log.Printf("path detection started")
 			res := pkg.GetExcludedPaths(rulePath, par, buffer, verbose)
-			tmutil.AddPathsToTM(res, logDir, buffer, verbose)
-			if verbose {
-				log.Printf("total %d paths found\n", len(res))
-			}
+			log.Printf("total %d paths found\n", len(res))
+			log.Printf("tm excludes started")
+			added := tmutil.AddPathsToTM(res, logDir, buffer, verbose)
+			log.Printf("added %d paths to exclude", added)
 		}
 		return nil
 	},
diff --git a/pkg/cli-utils/version-command.go b/pkg/cli-utils/version-command.go
index 476f280..548f7cc 100644
--- a/pkg/cli-utils/version-command.go
+++ b/pkg/cli-utils/version-command.go
@@ -10,17 +10,8 @@ func VersionCommand(version string, commit string, date string) *cli.Command {
 		Name:    "version",
 		Aliases: []string{"v"},
 		Usage:   "version info",
-		Flags: []cli.Flag{
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "verbose",
-				Aliases:     []string{"v"},
-				Value:       false,
-				Usage:       "more detaild version info",
-				Destination: &verbose,
-			},
-		},
 		Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-			if verbose {
+			if verbose > 0 {
 				fmt.Println("version: ", version)
 				fmt.Println("commit: ", commit)
 				fmt.Println("date: ", date)
diff --git a/pkg/runner.go b/pkg/runner.go
index 9e75e19..b0a4838 100644
--- a/pkg/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/runner.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 )
 
-func GetExcludedPaths(ruleDir string, par int, bufferSize int, verbose bool) []string {
+func GetExcludedPaths(ruleDir string, par int, bufferSize int, verbose int) []string {
 	path, err := utils.FixupPathsToHandleHome(ruleDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/pkg/tmutil/tmutil.go b/pkg/tmutil/tmutil.go
index 95f0a69..8eb90ad 100644
--- a/pkg/tmutil/tmutil.go
+++ b/pkg/tmutil/tmutil.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func AddPathsToTM(paths []string, logDir string, bufferSize int, verbose bool) {
+func AddPathsToTM(paths []string, logDir string, bufferSize int, verbose int) int {
 	logPath, err := utils.FixupPathsToHandleHome(logDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
@@ -65,12 +65,13 @@ func AddPathsToTM(paths []string, logDir string, bufferSize int, verbose bool) {
 	}
 	close(check)
 	<-finished
-	if verbose {
+	if verbose > 0 {
 		log.Printf("added %d", added)
 	}
+	return added
 }
 
-func checkPath(path string, verbose bool) (bool, error) {
+func checkPath(path string, verbose int) (bool, error) {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func checkPath(path string, verbose bool) (bool, error) {
 	cmd.Stderr = &outErr
 	err := cmd.Run()
 	if err != nil {
-		if verbose {
+		if verbose > 1 {
 			log.Println(out.String())
 			log.Println(outErr.String())
 		}
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ func removePath(path string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func RemoveAllFromLogs(logPath string, bufferSize int, verbose bool) {
+func RemoveAllFromLogs(logPath string, bufferSize int, verbose int) {
 	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(logPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ func RemoveAllFromLogs(logPath string, bufferSize int, verbose bool) {
 		RemoveFileFromLogs(logPath, file.Name(), bufferSize, verbose)
 	}
 }
-func RemoveFileFromLogs(logPath string, fileName string, bufferSize int, verbose bool) {
+func RemoveFileFromLogs(logPath string, fileName string, bufferSize int, verbose int) {
 	file, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(logPath, fileName))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ func RemoveFileFromLogs(logPath string, fileName string, bufferSize int, verbose
 	}
 	RemovePathsFromTM(lines, bufferSize, verbose)
 }
-func RemovePathsFromTM(paths []string, bufferSize int, verbose bool) {
+func RemovePathsFromTM(paths []string, bufferSize int, verbose int) {
 	defer utils.TimeTrack(time.Now(), "tmutil run", verbose)
 
 	check := make(chan string, bufferSize)
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ func RemovePathsFromTM(paths []string, bufferSize int, verbose bool) {
 	}
 	close(check)
 	<-finished
-	if verbose {
+	if verbose > 0 {
 		log.Printf("removed %d", removed)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/utils/time-utils.go b/pkg/utils/time-utils.go
index 70caa50..bbe7517 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/time-utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/time-utils.go
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func TimeTrack(start time.Time, name string, verbose bool) {
+func TimeTrack(start time.Time, name string, verbose int) {
 	elapsed := time.Since(start)
-	if verbose {
+	if verbose > 0 {
 		log.Printf("%s took %s", name, elapsed)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/walker/walker.go b/pkg/walker/walker.go
index 9696bef..6ae2f68 100644
--- a/pkg/walker/walker.go
+++ b/pkg/walker/walker.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type WalkJob struct {
 	AlreadyFiltered []string
 }
 
-func Run(jobs []WalkJob, par int, bufferSize int, verbose bool) []string {
+func Run(jobs []WalkJob, par int, bufferSize int, verbose int) []string {
 	defer utils.TimeTrack(time.Now(), "walker run", verbose)
 	if len(jobs) == 0 {
 		return []string{}
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ func Run(jobs []WalkJob, par int, bufferSize int, verbose bool) []string {
 	return res
 }
 
-func worker(id int, spawn chan WalkJob, start chan bool, end chan []string, verbose bool) {
+func worker(id int, spawn chan WalkJob, start chan bool, end chan []string, verbose int) {
 	for j := range spawn {
 		walk(id, j.Rootpath, j.Walkers, j.AlreadyFiltered, spawn, start, end, verbose)
 	}
 }
 
-func walk(runnerId int, rootpath string, walkers []Walker, alreadyFiltered []string, spawn chan WalkJob, start chan bool, end chan []string, verbose bool) {
+func walk(runnerId int, rootpath string, walkers []Walker, alreadyFiltered []string, spawn chan WalkJob, start chan bool, end chan []string, verbose int) {
 	defer utils.TimeTrack(time.Now(), fmt.Sprintf("(runner-%d) walk on %s", runnerId, rootpath), verbose)
 	start <- true
 	hasNext := true
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func walk(runnerId int, rootpath string, walkers []Walker, alreadyFiltered []str
 		next := l.Next
 		files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(l.Data)
 		if err != nil {
-			if (verbose) {
+			if verbose > 0 {
 				fmt.Println("!!! There was an error: ", err.Error())
 			}
 			if next == nil {
@@ -104,20 +104,24 @@ func walk(runnerId int, rootpath string, walkers []Walker, alreadyFiltered []str
 		globalIgnores := []string{}
 		for _, walker := range walkers {
 			r, i1, i2, name := walker(l.Data, files)
-			if(verbose && len(r) > 0) {
+			if verbose > 1 && len(r) > 0 {
 				fmt.Println("-----")
 				fmt.Println(name)
 				fmt.Println(l.Data)
 				for _, v := range r {
 					fmt.Println("\t", v)
 				}
-				fmt.Println("-")
-				for _, v := range i1 {
-					fmt.Println("\t", v)
-				}
-				fmt.Println("-")
-				for _, v := range i2 {
-					fmt.Println("\t", v)
+				if verbose > 2 {
+					fmt.Println("-")
+					for _, v := range i1 {
+						fmt.Println("\t", v)
+					}
+					if verbose > 3 {
+						fmt.Println("-")
+						for _, v := range i2 {
+							fmt.Println("\t", v)
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			res = res.Prepend(r)