diff --git a/flooder/cmd/flood/flood.go b/flooder/cmd/flood/flood.go
index f5ef0854..4cf37ac6 100644
--- a/flooder/cmd/flood/flood.go
+++ b/flooder/cmd/flood/flood.go
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ func init() {
 	floodCmd.Flags().StringSliceP("tags", "", []string{}, "Set tags")
 	floodCmd.Flags().IntP("points-per-10seconds", "", 100000, "Set points per 10 seconds")
 	floodCmd.Flags().BoolP("send-at-start-of-bucket", "", false, "Send all the points at the start of the 10 sec time bucket.")
+	floodCmd.Flags().BoolP("verbose", "", false, "Enable verbose mode")
 }
diff --git a/flooder/pkg/flood/flood.go b/flooder/pkg/flood/flood.go
index e90ce36f..e4e2dba5 100644
--- a/flooder/pkg/flood/flood.go
+++ b/flooder/pkg/flood/flood.go
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ func initClient(command *cobra.Command) (*client, error) {
 
 	log.Printf("Tags: %v - Hash: %x", tags, h)
 
+	b, err = command.Flags().GetBool("verbose")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if b {
+		options = append(options, statsd.WithErrorHandler(statsd.LoggingErrorHandler))
+	}
+
 	options = append(options, statsd.WithOriginDetection())
 
 	c, err := statsd.New(address, options...)