diff --git a/cli.go b/cli.go
index 3142f38..5fee552 100644
--- a/cli.go
+++ b/cli.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func prepareCLI() *cli.App {
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:  "debug",
 				Usage: "enable debug logging",
+				Value: false,
 			},
 		},
 		Action: doQuery,
diff --git a/logawl/logawl.go b/logawl/logawl.go
index b903f07..82b6ff5 100644
--- a/logawl/logawl.go
+++ b/logawl/logawl.go
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ func (l *Logger) level() Level {
 }
 
 // Unmarshalls the int value of level for writing the header
-func (l *Logger) UnMarshalLevel() (string, error) {
-	lv := l.GetLevel()
+func (l *Logger) UnMarshalLevel(lv Level) (string, error) {
 	switch lv {
 	case 0:
 		return "fatal: ", nil
@@ -48,6 +47,10 @@ func (l *Logger) UnMarshalLevel() (string, error) {
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid log level choice")
 }
 
+func (l *Logger) IsLevel(level Level) bool {
+	return l.level() >= level
+}
+
 var AllLevels = []Level{
 	FatalLevel,
 	ErrorLevel,
diff --git a/logawl/logger.go b/logawl/logger.go
index c5416e6..cb91922 100644
--- a/logawl/logger.go
+++ b/logawl/logger.go
@@ -12,34 +12,37 @@ import (
 // Level can be changed to one of the other log levels (FatalLevel, ErrorLevel, InfoLevel, DebugLevel)
 func New() *Logger {
 	return &Logger{
-		Out: os.Stderr,
-		//TODO: Make cli.go change this value when calling logawl.New()
+		Out:   os.Stderr,
 		Level: InfoLevel, //Default value is InfoLevel
 	}
 }
 
 // Takes any and prints it out to Logger -> Out (io.Writer (default is std.Err))
-func (l *Logger) Println(v ...any) {
+func (l *Logger) Println(level Level, v ...any) {
 	if atomic.LoadInt32(&l.isDiscard) != 0 {
 		return
 	}
-	switch l.Level { //Goes through log levels and does stuff based on them (Fatal os.Exit...etc)
-	case 0:
-		l.Printer(0, fmt.Sprintln(v...)) //Fatal level
-		os.Exit(1)
-	case 1:
-		l.Printer(1, fmt.Sprintln(v...)) //Error level
-	case 2:
-		l.Printer(2, fmt.Sprintln(v...)) //Info level
-	case 3:
-		l.Printer(3, fmt.Sprintln(v...)) //Debug level
+	//If verbose is not set --debug etc print _nothing_
+	if l.IsLevel(level) {
+		switch level { //Goes through log levels and does stuff based on them (Fatal os.Exit...etc)
+		case 0:
+			l.Printer(0, fmt.Sprintln(v...)) //Fatal level
+			os.Exit(1)
+		case 1:
+			l.Printer(1, fmt.Sprintln(v...)) //Error level
+		case 2:
+			l.Printer(2, fmt.Sprintln(v...)) //Info level
+		case 3:
+			l.Printer(3, fmt.Sprintln(v...)) //Debug level
+		default:
+			break
+		}
 	}
-
 }
 
 // Formats the log header as such <LogLevel> YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS (local time) <the message to log>
-func (l *Logger) formatHeader(buf *[]byte, t time.Time, line int) {
-	if lvl, err := l.UnMarshalLevel(); err == nil {
+func (l *Logger) formatHeader(buf *[]byte, t time.Time, line int, level Level) {
+	if lvl, err := l.UnMarshalLevel(level); err == nil {
 		*buf = append(*buf, lvl...)
 		year, month, day := t.Date()
 		formatter(buf, year, 4)
@@ -63,14 +66,14 @@ func (l *Logger) formatHeader(buf *[]byte, t time.Time, line int) {
 }
 
 // Printer prints the formatted message directly to stdErr
-func (l *Logger) Printer(level int, s string) error {
+func (l *Logger) Printer(level Level, s string) error {
 	now := time.Now()
 	var line int
 	l.Mu.Lock()
 	defer l.Mu.Unlock()
 
 	l.buf = l.buf[:0]
-	l.formatHeader(&l.buf, now, line)
+	l.formatHeader(&l.buf, now, line, level)
 	l.buf = append(l.buf, s...)
 	if len(s) == 0 || s[len(s)-1] != '\n' {
 		l.buf = append(l.buf, '\n')
@@ -99,3 +102,18 @@ func formatter(buf *[]byte, i int, wid int) {
 	b[bp] = byte('0' + i)
 	*buf = append(*buf, b[bp:]...)
 }
+
+// Call print directly with Debug level
+func (l *Logger) Debug(v ...any) {
+	l.Println(DebugLevel, v...)
+}
+
+// Call print directly with Info level
+func (l *Logger) Info(v ...any) {
+	l.Println(InfoLevel, v...)
+}
+
+// Call print directly with Error level
+func (l *Logger) Error(v ...any) {
+	l.Println(ErrorLevel, v...)
+}
diff --git a/query.go b/query.go
index 7dc3831..52ebdc0 100644
--- a/query.go
+++ b/query.go
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@ func doQuery(c *cli.Context) error {
 		err     error
 		resp    util.Response
 		isHTTPS bool
+		Logger  = logawl.New() //init logger
 	)
 
 	resp.Answers, err = parseArgs(c.Args().Slice())
 	if err != nil {
+		Logger.Error("Unable to parse args")
 		return err
 	}
-
-	logger := logawl.New() //init logger
+	port := c.Int("port")
 	if c.Bool("debug") {
-		logger.SetLevel(3) //set level to debug
+		Logger.SetLevel(3)
 	}
 
-	port := c.Int("port")
-
+	Logger.Debug("Starting awl")
 	// If port is not set, set it
 	if port == 0 {
 		if c.Bool("tls") || c.Bool("quic") {