diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index 1a4a6ff..f188551 100755
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -1,36 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 'use strict'
-const path = require('path')
-
-function onServerUp (port, directory, isHttps) {
-  const ansi = require('ansi-escape-sequences')
-
-  const ipList = getIPList()
-    .map(iface => `[underline]{${isHttps ? 'https' : 'http'}://${iface.address}:${port}}`)
-    .join(', ')
-
-  console.error(ansi.format(
-    path.resolve(directory || '') === process.cwd()
-      ? `serving at ${ipList}`
-      : `serving [underline]{${directory}} at ${ipList}`
-  ))
-}
-
-function getIPList () {
-  const flatten = require('reduce-flatten')
-  const os = require('os')
-
-  let ipList = Object.keys(os.networkInterfaces())
-    .map(key => os.networkInterfaces()[key])
-    .reduce(flatten, [])
-    .filter(iface => iface.family === 'IPv4')
-  ipList.unshift({ address: os.hostname() })
-  return ipList
-}
-
 const LocalWebServer = require('../')
 const ws = new LocalWebServer()
 const server = ws.getServer()
-server.on('listening', function () {
-  onServerUp(ws.options.port, ws.options['static.root'], server.isHttps)
-})
diff --git a/lib/cli-data.js b/lib/cli-data.js
index 716326b..c7a3e96 100644
--- a/lib/cli-data.js
+++ b/lib/cli-data.js
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ exports.optionDefinitions = [
   },
   {
     name: 'verbose', type: Boolean, alias: 'v',
-    description: 'Verbose output, useful for debugging.', group: 'misc'
+    description: 'Verbose output.', group: 'misc'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'debug', type: Boolean,
+    description: 'Very verbose output, intended for debugging.', group: 'misc'
   },
   {
     name: 'version', type: Boolean,
diff --git a/lib/local-web-server.js b/lib/local-web-server.js
index c45e55a..25bd0bb 100644
--- a/lib/local-web-server.js
+++ b/lib/local-web-server.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const path = require('path')
 const CommandLineTool = require('command-line-tool')
 const flatten = require('reduce-flatten')
 const arrayify = require('array-back')
+const ansi = require('ansi-escape-sequences')
 
 /**
  * @module local-web-server
@@ -42,30 +43,8 @@ class LocalWebServer {
     /* if the user did not supply a stack, use the default */
     if (!stackPaths.length) stackPaths.push(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'node_modules', 'local-web-server-default-stack'))
 
-    /* load the stack */
-    const stackModules = stackPaths
-      .map(stackPath => loadStack(stackPath))
-      .map(Middleware => new Middleware())
-      .map(module => {
-        if (module.stack) {
-          const featureStack = module.stack()
-          module.optionDefinitions = function () {
-            return featureStack
-              .map(Feature => new Feature())
-              .map(feature => feature.optionDefinitions && feature.optionDefinitions())
-              .filter(definitions => definitions)
-              .reduce(flatten, [])
-          }
-          module.middleware = function (options) {
-            return featureStack
-              .map(Feature => new Feature())
-              .map(feature => feature.middleware(options))
-              .reduce(flatten, [])
-              .filter(mw => mw)
-          }
-        }
-        return module
-      })
+    /* build the stack */
+    const stackModules = buildStack(stackPaths, this.onVerbose.bind(this), this.onDebug.bind(this))
 
     /* gather stack option definitions and parse the command line */
     const middlewareOptionDefinitions = stackModules
@@ -112,7 +91,14 @@ class LocalWebServer {
     this.options = options
 
     if (options.verbose) {
-      // debug.setLevel(1)
+      stackModules
+        .filter(mw => mw.on)
+        .forEach(mw => mw.on('verbose', onVerbose))
+    }
+    if (options.debug) {
+      stackModules
+        .filter(mw => mw.on)
+        .forEach(mw => mw.on('debug', onDebug))
     }
 
     /* --config */
@@ -147,12 +133,7 @@ class LocalWebServer {
 
     app.use(compose(middlewareStack))
     app.on('error', err => {
-      const defaultLogInUse = this.stack.some(mw => mw.constructor.name === 'Log')
-      if (defaultLogInUse) {
-        if (this.options['log.format']) console.error(ansi.format(err.stack, 'red'))
-      } else {
-        console.error(ansi.format(err.stack, 'red'))
-      }
+      console.error(ansi.format(err.stack, 'red'))
     })
     return app
   }
@@ -185,9 +166,27 @@ class LocalWebServer {
       server = http.createServer(app.callback())
     }
 
-    server.listen(options.port, onListening)
+    const tableLayout = require('table-layout')
+
+    server.listen(options.port, function () {
+      const ipList = getIPList()
+        .map(iface => `[underline]{${server.isHttps ? 'https' : 'http'}://${iface.address}:${options.port}}`)
+        .join(', ')
+      console.error(ansi.format('Serving at', 'bold'), ansi.format(ipList))
+    })
     return server
   }
+
+  onVerbose (title, msg) {
+    if (this.options.verbose) {
+      console.error(ansi.format(title, 'bold'), msg)
+    }
+  }
+  onDebug (title, msg) {
+    if (this.options.debug) {
+      console.error(ansi.format(title, 'bold'), msg)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -234,4 +233,49 @@ function isModule (module) {
   return module.prototype && (module.prototype.middleware || module.prototype.stack)
 }
 
+function getIPList () {
+  const flatten = require('reduce-flatten')
+  const os = require('os')
+
+  let ipList = Object.keys(os.networkInterfaces())
+    .map(key => os.networkInterfaces()[key])
+    .reduce(flatten, [])
+    .filter(iface => iface.family === 'IPv4')
+  ipList.unshift({ address: os.hostname() })
+  return ipList
+}
+
+function buildStack (stackPaths, onVerbose, onDebug) {
+  return stackPaths
+    .map(stackPath => loadStack(stackPath))
+    .map(Middleware => new Middleware())
+    .map(module => {
+      if (module.stack) {
+        const featureStack = module.stack()
+          .map(Feature => new Feature())
+          .map(feature => {
+            if (feature.on) {
+              feature.on('verbose', onVerbose)
+              feature.on('debug', onDebug)
+            }
+            return feature
+          })
+
+        module.optionDefinitions = function () {
+          return featureStack
+            .map(feature => feature.optionDefinitions && feature.optionDefinitions())
+            .filter(definitions => definitions)
+            .reduce(flatten, [])
+        }
+        module.middleware = function (options) {
+          return featureStack
+            .map(feature => feature.middleware(options))
+            .reduce(flatten, [])
+            .filter(mw => mw)
+        }
+      }
+      return module
+    })
+}
+
 module.exports = LocalWebServer