diff --git a/cmd/hichipbridge/root.go b/cmd/hichipbridge/root.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "hichipbridge",
+	Short: "hichip2mqtt bridge daemon",
+	Long: `Daemon which serves as a bridge for hichip IP cameras and MQTT.
+Basically, it converts motion trigger emails notifications received into a state
+published in a MQTT topic.`,
+	Run: nil,
+}
+
+var (
+	verbose bool
+)
+
+func init() {
+	cobra.OnInitialize()
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false,
+		"print out more debug information")
+	rootCmd.PersistentPreRun = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		if verbose {
+			logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+		} else {
+			logrus.SetLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
+		}
+	}
+}