diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7391f44..187c503 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ Simple FastAPI webhook server that broadcasts incoming webhook payloads to conne
 
 ## Install
 
+### bash
+```sh
+python -m venv .venv
+
+source ./.venv/bin/activate
+
+python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+### windows
 ```powershell
 python -m venv .venv
 .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
@@ -28,6 +38,14 @@ websocat ws://127.0.0.1:5000/tunnel
 
 In another terminal, send a webhook payload:
 
+### bash
+```sh
+curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:5000/webhook \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"message":"hello from webhook"}'
+```
+
+### windows, powershell
 ```powershell
 Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri http://127.0.0.1:5000/webhook -ContentType "application/json" -Body '{"message":"hello from webhook"}'
 ```
diff --git a/args.py b/args.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf5e48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/args.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import argparse
+
+def get_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--verbose",
+        "-v",
+        action="count",
+        default=0,
+        help="increase logging verbosity; can be used multiple times"
+    )
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 31914db..9c3d7ea 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@
 import collections
 import logging
 import prometheus_client
+from args import get_args
+
+args = get_args()
 
 logging.basicConfig(
+    # in mondo we trust
     format="%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03dZ %(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s",
     datefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S",
-    level=logging.INFO,
+    level=logging.ERROR - (args.verbose * 10),
 )
 logging.getLogger("uvicorn.access").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logging.getLogger("uvicorn.error").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
@@ -38,18 +42,18 @@ async def webhook(subscription_id: str, request: Request):
             raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="API key is not valid ")
 
         data = await request.json()
-        logging.info("Webhook received: %s", data)
+        logging.debug("Data pushed to webhook %s, received: %s", subscription_id, data)
 
         subscribers[subscription_id] = data
         
         for client in clients.get(subscription_id, []):
             await client.send_json(data)
         
-        print("Data sent to websocket client")
+        logging.error("Data sent to websocket client")
         return {"message":"received"}  
     
     else:   
-        print("Invalid endpoint, connection not accepted")
+        logging.error("Invalid subscription '%s', connection not accepted", subscription_id)
         return
     
     
@@ -70,6 +74,8 @@ async def websocket_endpoint(subscription_id: str, websocket: WebSocket):
     connected_clients.labels(subscription_id).inc()
     
     clients[subscription_id].append(websocket)
+
+    logging.debug(f"Websocket connection successfully established at id: {subscription_id}")
     
     try:
         while True:
@@ -84,6 +90,8 @@ async def websocket_endpoint(subscription_id: str, websocket: WebSocket):
         clients[subscription_id].remove(websocket)
         if not clients[subscription_id]:
             clients.pop(subscription_id, None)
+
+        logging.debug(f"Websocket connection disconnected at id: {subscription_id}")
             
 
 @app.get("/metrics")
@@ -94,5 +102,4 @@ def get_metrics():
     )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    uvicorn.run("server:app", host="0.0.0.0", port=5000) 
-    
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+    uvicorn.run("server:app", host="0.0.0.0", port=5000)