diff --git a/lychee-bin/src/options.rs b/lychee-bin/src/options.rs
index 9d07ec6..372b664 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/src/options.rs
+++ b/lychee-bin/src/options.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ default_function! {
     timeout: usize = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECS;
     retry_wait_time: usize = DEFAULT_RETRY_WAIT_TIME_SECS;
     method: String = DEFAULT_METHOD.to_string();
+    verbosity: Verbosity<WarnLevel> = Verbosity::new(1, 0);
 }
 
 // Macro for merging configuration values
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ impl LycheeOptions {
 pub(crate) struct Config {
     /// Verbose program output
     #[clap(flatten)]
+    #[serde(default = "verbosity")]
     pub(crate) verbose: Verbosity<WarnLevel>,
 
     /// Do not show progress bar.
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@ impl Config {
             self, toml;
 
             // Keys with defaults to assign
-            verbose: Verbosity::new(0, 0);
+            verbose: Verbosity::new(1, 0);
             cache: false;
             no_progress: false;
             max_redirects: DEFAULT_MAX_REDIRECTS;