diff --git a/tools/munin-node-from-hell/muninnode-from-hell b/tools/munin-node-from-hell/muninnode-from-hell
index 2256dbf6..30b05473 100755
--- a/tools/munin-node-from-hell/muninnode-from-hell
+++ b/tools/munin-node-from-hell/muninnode-from-hell
@@ -271,8 +271,12 @@ def main():
         usage()
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    verbose = False
+    if "--verbose" in sys.argv:
+        verbose = True
+
     config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
-    config.read(sys.argv[2])
+    config.read(sys.argv[-1])
 
     instancekeys = [ key for key in config.sections() if key.startswith("instance:") ]
     servers = {}
@@ -343,6 +347,7 @@ def main():
 
 
     if "--run" in sys.argv:
+        if verbose: print "Starting up.."
         servers = start_servers(instances)
 
         try: