diff --git a/diceware/config.py b/diceware/config.py
index 342932f4217d2694799762c4f15bbfebe16eb680..9c0ae3da1dcc0e5fcc49e5077bd5f0d27e9beae4 100644
--- a/diceware/config.py
+++ b/diceware/config.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ OPTIONS_DEFAULTS = dict(
     specials=0,
     delimiter="",
     randomsource="system",
+    verbose=0,
     wordlist="en_securedrop",
     )