diff --git a/cmd/diagnostic.go b/cmd/diagnostic.go
index 64dfda99c..53e53f290 100644
--- a/cmd/diagnostic.go
+++ b/cmd/diagnostic.go
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ func diagnostic(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		Logger.Infoln("OK, got a token.")
 	}
 
-	Logger.Infof("Verbose mode: %v\n", Config.Verbose)
+	Logger.Infof("Verbose mode: %v\n", viper.GetBool("verbose"))
 }
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 294e119a7..2abbdce70 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ var Logger *logger.Logger
 
 // Config is the current configuration available to all commands in `cmd` package.
 var Config = &config.Config{
-	Verbose: false,
-	Name:    "cli",
+	Name: "cli",
 }
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ func addCommands() {
 func init() {
 	cobra.OnInitialize(setup)
 
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&Config.Verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "Enable verbose logging.")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("verbose", "v", false, "Enable verbose logging.")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&Config.File, "config", "c", "", "config file (default is $HOME/.circleci/cli.yml)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("endpoint", "e", "https://circleci.com/graphql", "the endpoint of your CircleCI GraphQL API")
@@ -52,10 +51,18 @@ func init() {
 
 	Logger.FatalOnError("Error binding endpoint flag", viper.BindPFlag("endpoint", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("endpoint")))
 	Logger.FatalOnError("Error binding token flag", viper.BindPFlag("token", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("token")))
+
+	err := viper.BindPFlag("verbose", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("verbose"))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	addCommands()
 }
 
 func setup() {
-	Logger = logger.NewLogger(Config.Verbose)
+	Logger = logger.NewLogger(viper.GetBool("verbose"))
 	Logger.FatalOnError(
 		"Failed to setup configuration: ",
 		Config.Init(),
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index ce2bfe971..d9ea89986 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 // Config is a struct of the current configuration available at runtime.
 type Config struct {
-	Verbose bool
-	File    string
-	Name    string
+	File string
+	Name string
 }
 
 // Init is called on initialize of the root command.