diff --git a/beacon_node/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/Cargo.toml
index 309f162e55..0bc7de4cc2 100644
--- a/beacon_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ tokio-timer = "0.2.10"
 futures = "0.1.25"
 exit-future = "0.1.3"
 state_processing = { path = "../eth2/state_processing" }
+slog = { version = "^2.2.3" , features = ["max_level_trace", "release_max_level_debug"] }
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
index 3b2e3ead88..7c5a67b892 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ slot_clock = { path = "../../eth2/utils/slot_clock" }
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 error-chain = "0.12.0"
-slog = "^2.2.3"
 eth2_ssz = { path = "../../eth2/utils/ssz" }
+slog = { version = "^2.2.3" , features = ["max_level_trace", "release_max_level_debug"] }
+slog-term = "^2.4.0"
+slog-async = "^2.3.0"
 tokio = "0.1.15"
 clap = "2.32.0"
 dirs = "1.0.3"
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/client_config.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/client_config.rs
index c533cbcc88..4d0e286b0c 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/client_config.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/client_config.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use http_server::HttpServerConfig;
 use network::NetworkConfig;
 use network::{ChainType, NetworkConfig};
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use slog::error;
+use slog::{error, o, Drain, Level};
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ impl ClientConfig {
             .and_then(|path| Some(path.join(&self.db_name)))
     }
 
-    /// Returns the core path for the client.
-    pub fn data_dir(&self) -> Option<PathBuf> {
-        let path = dirs::home_dir()?.join(&self.data_dir);
-        fs::create_dir_all(&path).ok()?;
-        Some(path)
-    }
-
     /// Apply the following arguments to `self`, replacing values if they are specified in `args`.
     ///
     /// Returns an error if arguments are obviously invalid. May succeed even if some values are
@@ -81,6 +74,6 @@ impl ClientConfig {
         self.rpc.apply_cli_args(args)?;
         self.http.apply_cli_args(args)?;
 
-        Ok(())
+        Ok(log)
     }
 }
diff --git a/beacon_node/eth2-libp2p/src/behaviour.rs b/beacon_node/eth2-libp2p/src/behaviour.rs
index 591d93bb57..b808818534 100644
--- a/beacon_node/eth2-libp2p/src/behaviour.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/eth2-libp2p/src/behaviour.rs
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ impl<TSubstream: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite> NetworkBehaviourEventProcess<KademliaOu
 {
     fn inject_event(&mut self, out: KademliaOut) {
         match out {
-            KademliaOut::Discovered { .. } => {
+            KademliaOut::Discovered { peer_id, .. } => {
+                debug!(self.log, "Kademlia peer discovered: {:?}", peer_id);
                 // send this to our topology behaviour
             }
             KademliaOut::KBucketAdded { .. } => {
diff --git a/beacon_node/src/main.rs b/beacon_node/src/main.rs
index d6274befc8..60b51303ac 100644
--- a/beacon_node/src/main.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-extern crate slog;
-
 mod run;
 
 use clap::{App, Arg};
@@ -14,11 +12,6 @@ pub const CLIENT_CONFIG_FILENAME: &str = "beacon-node.toml";
 pub const ETH2_CONFIG_FILENAME: &str = "eth2-spec.toml";
 
 fn main() {
-    let decorator = slog_term::TermDecorator::new().build();
-    let drain = slog_term::CompactFormat::new(decorator).build().fuse();
-    let drain = slog_async::Async::new(drain).build().fuse();
-    let logger = slog::Logger::root(drain, o!());
-
     let matches = App::new("Lighthouse")
         .version(version::version().as_str())
         .author("Sigma Prime <contact@sigmaprime.io>")
@@ -116,8 +109,29 @@ fn main() {
                 .short("r")
                 .help("When present, genesis will be within 30 minutes prior. Only for testing"),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("verbosity")
+                .short("v")
+                .multiple(true)
+                .help("Sets the verbosity level")
+                .takes_value(true),
+        )
         .get_matches();
 
+    // build the initial logger
+    let decorator = slog_term::TermDecorator::new().build();
+    let drain = slog_term::CompactFormat::new(decorator).build().fuse();
+    let drain = slog_async::Async::new(drain).build();
+
+    let drain = match matches.occurrences_of("verbosity") {
+        0 => drain.filter_level(Level::Info),
+        1 => drain.filter_level(Level::Debug),
+        2 => drain.filter_level(Level::Trace),
+        _ => drain.filter_level(Level::Info),
+    };
+
+    let logger = slog::Logger::root(drain.fuse(), o!());
+
     let data_dir = match get_data_dir(&matches, PathBuf::from(DEFAULT_DATA_DIR)) {
         Ok(dir) => dir,
         Err(e) => {
@@ -128,7 +142,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     let client_config_path = data_dir.join(CLIENT_CONFIG_FILENAME);
 
-    // Attempt to lead the `ClientConfig` from disk.
+    // Attempt to load the `ClientConfig` from disk.
     //
     // If file doesn't exist, create a new, default one.
     let mut client_config = match read_from_file::<ClientConfig>(client_config_path.clone()) {