diff --git a/libs/Console/DauxCommand.php b/libs/Console/DauxCommand.php
index fd16eb6..dafa5ea 100644
--- a/libs/Console/DauxCommand.php
+++ b/libs/Console/DauxCommand.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command as SymfonyCommand;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Todaymade\Daux\Daux;
 
 class DauxCommand extends SymfonyCommand
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ class DauxCommand extends SymfonyCommand
         }
     }
 
-    protected function prepareDaux(InputInterface $input)
+    protected function prepareDaux(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
-        $daux = new Daux(Daux::STATIC_MODE);
+        $daux = new Daux(Daux::STATIC_MODE, $output);
 
         // Set the format if requested
         if ($input->hasOption('format') && $input->getOption('format')) {
diff --git a/libs/Console/Generate.php b/libs/Console/Generate.php
index dac264d..158ef9d 100755
--- a/libs/Console/Generate.php
+++ b/libs/Console/Generate.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Generate extends DauxCommand
             $input = new ArgvInput($argv, $this->getDefinition());
         }
 
-        $daux = $this->prepareDaux($input);
+        $daux = $this->prepareDaux($input, $output);
 
         $width = (new Terminal)->getWidth();
 
diff --git a/libs/Console/RunAction.php b/libs/Console/RunAction.php
index e2fbf9a..a3a62b4 100644
--- a/libs/Console/RunAction.php
+++ b/libs/Console/RunAction.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php namespace Todaymade\Daux\Console;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Todaymade\Daux\Daux;
 
 trait RunAction
 {
@@ -8,23 +9,33 @@ trait RunAction
         return function_exists('mb_strlen') ? mb_strlen($content) : strlen($content);
     }
 
-    protected function runAction($title, OutputInterface $output, $width, \Closure $closure)
+    protected function runAction($title, $width, \Closure $closure)
     {
-        $output->write($title);
+        $verbose = Daux::getVerbosity() >= OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE;
+
+        Daux::write($title, $verbose);
 
         // 8 is the length of the label + 2 let it breathe
         $padding = $width - $this->getLength($title) - 10;
+
         try {
-            $response = $closure(function ($content) use ($output, &$padding) {
+            $response = $closure(function ($content) use (&$padding) {
                 $padding -= $this->getLength($content);
-                $output->write($content);
+                Daux::write($content, $verbose);
             });
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            $output->writeln(str_pad(' ', $padding) . '[ <fg=red>FAIL</fg=red> ]');
+            $this->status($padding, '[ <fg=red>FAIL</fg=red> ]');
             throw $e;
         }
-        $output->writeln(str_pad(' ', $padding) . '[  <fg=green>OK</fg=green>  ]');
+        $this->status($padding, '[  <fg=green>OK</fg=green>  ]');
 
         return $response;
     }
+
+    protected function status($padding, $content)
+    {
+        $verbose = Daux::getVerbosity() >= OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE;
+        $padding = $verbose ? '' : str_pad(' ', $padding);
+        Daux::writeln($padding . $content);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libs/Console/Serve.php b/libs/Console/Serve.php
index 1fb7deb..8c7891b 100755
--- a/libs/Console/Serve.php
+++ b/libs/Console/Serve.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Serve extends DauxCommand
         $host = $input->getOption('host');
         $port = $input->getOption('port');
 
-        $daux = $this->prepareDaux($input);
+        $daux = $this->prepareDaux($input, $output);
 
         // Daux can only serve HTML
         $daux->getParams()->setFormat('html');
diff --git a/libs/Daux.php b/libs/Daux.php
index c0361df..639f8cc 100644
--- a/libs/Daux.php
+++ b/libs/Daux.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php namespace Todaymade\Daux;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\NullOutput;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Todaymade\Daux\ContentTypes\ContentTypeHandler;
 use Todaymade\Daux\Tree\Builder;
 use Todaymade\Daux\Tree\Content;
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ class Daux
     const STATIC_MODE = 'DAUX_STATIC';
     const LIVE_MODE = 'DAUX_LIVE';
 
+    public static $output;
+
     /** @var string */
     public $local_base;
 
@@ -44,8 +47,9 @@ class Daux
     /**
      * @param string $mode
      */
-    public function __construct($mode)
+    public function __construct($mode, OutputInterface $output)
     {
+        Daux::$output = $output;
         $this->mode = $mode;
 
         $this->local_base = dirname(__DIR__);
@@ -236,7 +240,7 @@ class Daux
     public function getProcessor()
     {
         if (!$this->processor) {
-            $this->processor = new Processor($this, new NullOutput(), 0);
+            $this->processor = new Processor($this, Daux::getOutput(), 0);
         }
 
         return $this->processor;
@@ -347,4 +351,37 @@ class Daux
 
         return $this->validExtensions = $this->getContentTypeHandler()->getContentExtensions();
     }
+
+    public static function getOutput() {
+        if (!Daux::$output) {
+            Daux:$output = new NullOutput();
+        }
+
+        return Daux::$output;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a message to the output.
+     *
+     * @param string|array $messages The message as an array of lines or a single string
+     * @param bool         $newline  Whether to add a newline
+     * @param int          $options  A bitmask of options (one of the OUTPUT or VERBOSITY constants), 0 is considered the same as self::OUTPUT_NORMAL | self::VERBOSITY_NORMAL
+     */
+    public static function write($messages, $newline = false, $options = 0) {
+        Daux::$output->write($messages, $newline, $options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a message to the output and adds a newline at the end.
+     *
+     * @param string|array $messages The message as an array of lines of a single string
+     * @param int          $options  A bitmask of options (one of the OUTPUT or VERBOSITY constants), 0 is considered the same as self::OUTPUT_NORMAL | self::VERBOSITY_NORMAL
+     */
+    public static function writeln($messages, $options = 0) {
+        Daux::write($messages, true, $options);
+    }
+
+    public static function getVerbosity() {
+        return Daux::getOutput()->getVerbosity();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libs/Format/Confluence/Generator.php b/libs/Format/Confluence/Generator.php
index 037fd61..0c70c23 100644
--- a/libs/Format/Confluence/Generator.php
+++ b/libs/Format/Confluence/Generator.php
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ class Generator implements \Todaymade\Daux\Format\Base\Generator
 
         $tree = $this->runAction(
             'Generating Tree ...',
-            $output,
             $width,
             function() use ($params) {
                 $tree = $this->generateRecursive($this->daux->tree, $params);
diff --git a/libs/Format/Confluence/Publisher.php b/libs/Format/Confluence/Publisher.php
index c4811d7..94a4832 100644
--- a/libs/Format/Confluence/Publisher.php
+++ b/libs/Format/Confluence/Publisher.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Publisher
     public function run($title, $closure)
     {
         try {
-            return $this->runAction($title, $this->output, $this->width, $closure);
+            return $this->runAction($title, $this->width, $closure);
         } catch (BadResponseException $e) {
             $this->output->writeLn('<fg=red>' . $e->getMessage() . '</>');
         }
diff --git a/libs/Format/HTML/Generator.php b/libs/Format/HTML/Generator.php
index efa9395..64fc3d0 100755
--- a/libs/Format/HTML/Generator.php
+++ b/libs/Format/HTML/Generator.php
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ class Generator implements \Todaymade\Daux\Format\Base\Generator, LiveGenerator
 
         $this->runAction(
             'Copying Static assets ...',
-            $output,
             $width,
             function() use ($destination, $params) {
                 $this->ensureEmptyDestination($destination);
@@ -194,7 +193,6 @@ class Generator implements \Todaymade\Daux\Format\Base\Generator, LiveGenerator
             } else {
                 $this->runAction(
                     '- ' . $node->getUrl(),
-                    $output,
                     $width,
                     function() use ($node, $output_dir, $key, $params, $index_pages) {
                         if ($node instanceof Raw) {
diff --git a/libs/Format/HTML/Template.php b/libs/Format/HTML/Template.php
index 37239d1..691fbb8 100644
--- a/libs/Format/HTML/Template.php
+++ b/libs/Format/HTML/Template.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php namespace Todaymade\Daux\Format\HTML;
 
 use League\Plates\Engine;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Todaymade\Daux\Config;
 use Todaymade\Daux\Daux;
 use Todaymade\Daux\Tree\Content;
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ class Template
         }
         $this->engine->addFolder('theme', $theme, true);
 
+        Daux::writeln("Starting Template engine with basedir '$base' and theme folder '$theme'.", OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE);
+
         $this->registerFunctions($this->engine);
 
         return $this->engine;
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ class Template
             'tree' => $data['params']['tree'],
         ]);
 
+        Daux::writeln("Rendering template '$name'", OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE);
+
         return $engine->render($name, $data);
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/Format/HTMLFile/Generator.php b/libs/Format/HTMLFile/Generator.php
index 275769e..29d3bff 100644
--- a/libs/Format/HTMLFile/Generator.php
+++ b/libs/Format/HTMLFile/Generator.php
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ class Generator implements \Todaymade\Daux\Format\Base\Generator
         return $pdf;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ class Generator implements \Todaymade\Daux\Format\Base\Generator
         while ($current) {
             $this->runAction(
                 'Generating ' . $current->getTitle(),
-                $output,
                 $width,
                 function () use ($book, $current, $params) {
                     $contentType = $this->daux->getContentTypeHandler()->getType($current);
diff --git a/libs/Server/Server.php b/libs/Server/Server.php
index cd9758a..6695686 100755
--- a/libs/Server/Server.php
+++ b/libs/Server/Server.php
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@ class Server
      */
     public static function serve()
     {
-        $daux = new Daux(Daux::LIVE_MODE);
+        $output = new NullOutput();
+
+        $daux = new Daux(Daux::LIVE_MODE, $output);
         $daux->initializeConfiguration();
 
         $class = $daux->getProcessorClass();
         if (!empty($class)) {
-            $daux->setProcessor(new $class($daux, new NullOutput(), 0));
+            $daux->setProcessor(new $class($daux, $output, 0));
         }
 
         // Set this critical configuration