diff --git a/sync b/sync
index e1eb5ce..e02f8db 100755
--- a/sync
+++ b/sync
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ PLANET_DIR="${HOME}/public_html/gezegen"
 LOG_DIR="$PLANET_DIR/logs"
 LOG_FILE="planet-$(date +"%d.%m.%Y").log"
 LOCK_FILE="planet-sync.lck"
+VERBOSE=0
 
 usage() {
 	cat << EOF
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ Options:
 	-h, --help         this help
 	-p, --planetdir    useful if the planet dir is somewhere else than the 
 	                   default one
+	-v, --verbose      print the log instead of writing it to the log file..
 
 Usage: $(basename $0) [--help] [--planetdir /path/to/planet]
 EOF
@@ -46,6 +48,11 @@ while (( $# > 0 )); do
 			shift 2
 			;;
 
+		--verbose|-v)
+			VERBOSE=1
+			shift
+			;;
+
 		-*)
 			usage
 			exit 1
@@ -74,11 +81,19 @@ if [[ -f "$PLANET_DIR/$LOCK_FILE" ]]; then
 	exit 1
 else
 	touch "$PLANET_DIR/$LOCK_FILE"
-	echo  >> "$LOG_DIR/$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
-	echo "starting new sync ($(date +"%d.%m.%Y, %H:%M"))" >> "$LOG_DIR/$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
-	echo "-----------------------------------------------------------" >> "$LOG_DIR/$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
-	"$PLANET_DIR/planet.py" "$PLANET_DIR/gezegen/config.ini" >> "$LOG_DIR/$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
-	echo "-----------------------------------------------------------" >> "$LOG_DIR/$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
+	if (( $VERBOSE == 0 )); then
+		echo >> "$LOG_DIR/$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
+		echo "starting new sync ($(date +"%d.%m.%Y, %H:%M"))" >> "$LOG_DIR/$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
+		echo "-----------------------------------------------------------" >> "$LOG_DIR/$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
+		"$PLANET_DIR/planet.py" "$PLANET_DIR/gezegen/config.ini" >> "$LOG_DIR/$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
+		echo "-----------------------------------------------------------" >> "$LOG_DIR/$LOG_FILE" 2>&1
+	else
+		echo
+		echo "starting new sync ($(date +"%d.%m.%Y, %H:%M"))"
+		echo "-----------------------------------------------------------"
+		"$PLANET_DIR/planet.py" "$PLANET_DIR/gezegen/config.ini"
+		echo "-----------------------------------------------------------"
+	fi
 fi
 
 # if ended successfully delete the lock file