diff --git a/lvmsnapshot.py b/lvmsnapshot.py
index 87765064a0d4de16fe1ae95121c300d8277eccd3..75177bbb1c07f6fcb88867e2edc962e9d348dea7 100644
--- a/lvmsnapshot.py
+++ b/lvmsnapshot.py
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def main():
         2: logging.INFO,
         3: logging.DEBUG
     }
-    loglevel = loglevels[min(3, max(0, args.verbose))]
+    loglevel = loglevels[min(3, max(0, args.verbose or 0))]
     logging.basicConfig(level=loglevel)
     Config.parse(Config.load())