diff --git a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index f79910d..d85d67e 100644
--- a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ spec:
             {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
           image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          {{- if .Values.verbose }}
+          args:
+            - -verbose
+          {{- end }}
           ports:
             - name: internal
               containerPort: {{ .Values.service.internal.port }}
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 0c1999e..3bec657 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
+# custom values
+verbose: false
+
 replicaCount: 1
 
 image: