diff --git a/cmd/kvload/main.go b/cmd/kvload/main.go
index e961c1ec..249ee219 100644
--- a/cmd/kvload/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kvload/main.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bmeg/grip/log"
 	"github.com/bmeg/grip/util"
 	"github.com/paulbellamy/ratecounter"
+  "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ var Cmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 		graph = args[0]
 
+    log.GetLogger().SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+
 		// Create the graph  if it doesn't already exist.
 		// Creating the graph also results in the creation of indices
 		// for the edge/vertex collections.