diff --git a/MyMonPlugin/monitoringplugin.py b/MyMonPlugin/monitoringplugin.py
index 3b18581..cd4c8a7 100644
--- a/MyMonPlugin/monitoringplugin.py
+++ b/MyMonPlugin/monitoringplugin.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class MonitoringPlugin(object):
 		if self._cmdlineoptions_parsed:
 			return
 #		self.__optparser.add_option('-V', '--version', action='version', help='show version number and exit')
-		self.__optparser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', dest='verbose',  help='Verbosity, more for more ;-)', action='count')
+		self.__optparser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', dest='verbose',  help='Verbosity, more for more ;-)', default=0, action='count')
 
 		(self.options, self.args) = self.__optparser.parse_args()
 		self._cmdlineoptions_parsed = True