diff --git a/varbackup b/varbackup
index 4dbc2ff..8aadb17 100755
--- a/varbackup
+++ b/varbackup
@@ -5,20 +5,26 @@ Help()
    # Display Help
    echo "create a rotating backup of the var folder"
    echo
-   echo "Syntax: varbackup [-h|s]"
+   echo "Syntax: varbackup [-h|s|v]"
    echo "options:"
-   echo "h     Print this Help."
-   echo "s     Silent mode."
+   echo "h     Print this Help"
+   echo "s     Silent mode"
+   echo "v     Verbose mode"
    echo
 }
 
-while getopts ":hs" option; do
+while getopts ":hsv" option; do
    case $option in
       h) # display Help
          Help
-         exit;;
+         exit
+         ;;
       s) # enable silent mode
-         isSilent=true;;
+         isSilent=true
+         ;;
+      v) # enable verbose mode
+         verboseOption=" -v"
+         ;;
    esac
 done
 
@@ -28,26 +34,26 @@ BACKUPDIR=${BASEDIR}/backup/var/
 CONFDIR=$BASEDIR/backup/
 
 if [ ! -d "$BACKUPDIR" ]; then
-  [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "creating backup directory ${BACKUPDIR}"
-  mkdir -p "${BACKUPDIR}"
+  [[ -z ${isSilent} || -v ${verboseOption} ]] && echo -e "\e[36mcreate backup directory ${BACKUPDIR}\e[0m"
+  mkdir -p ${verboseOption} "${BACKUPDIR}"
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f "${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf" ]; then
-  [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "creating config file"
+  [[ -z ${isSilent} || -v ${verboseOption} ]] && echo -e "\e[36mcreate config file\e[0m"
   printf "${BACKUPDIR}var.tar {\nrotate 100\ncompress\ndateext\ndateformat %s\n}" ".%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S" > ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf
 fi
 
-[ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "pack var directory"
+[[ -z ${isSilent} || -v ${verboseOption} ]] && echo -e "\e[36mpack var directory\e[0m"
 cd ${BASEDIR}
-tar --numeric-owner -cf backup/var/new.tar var
+tar --numeric-owner ${verboseOption} -cf backup/var/new.tar var
 
 if [ ! -f "${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar" ] || [ "$(cmp ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar)" ]; then
-  cp ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar && \
-  mv ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar && \
-  /usr/sbin/logrotate -fs ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.state ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf
+  cp ${verboseOption} ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar && \
+  mv ${verboseOption} ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar && \
+  /usr/sbin/logrotate ${verboseOption} -fs ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.state ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf
 else
-  rm ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar
+  rm ${verboseOption} ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar
 fi
 
-[ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "finished"
+[[ -z ${isSilent} || -v ${verboseOption} ]] && echo -e "\e[32mfinished\e[0m"
 exit 0