diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 744fe8a..60c6fb2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -215,17 +215,17 @@ When running a job (which ever way), you can optionally pass run options
 
 ```typescript
 {
-  cwd?: string; // overrides the global cwd and uses the one passed in options
-  workflowFile?: string; // overrides the global workflow file path and uses the one passed in options
-  bind?: boolean; // bind the cwd instead of copying it during workflow execution
-  // activates the artifact server
-  artifactServer?: {
-    path: string; // where to store the uploaded artifacts
-    port: string; // where to run the artifact server
+  cwd?: string;               // overrides the global cwd and uses the one passed in options
+  workflowFile?: string;      // overrides the global workflow file path and uses the one passed in options
+  bind?: boolean;             // bind the cwd instead of copying it during workflow execution
+  artifactServer?: {          // activates the artifact server
+    path: string;             // where to store the uploaded artifacts
+    port: string;             // where to run the artifact server
   };
-  mockApi: ResponseMocker[]; // specify the apis you want to mock. ResponseMocker is from mock-github
-  mockSteps: MockStep; // specify which steps you want to mock
-  logFile?: string; // write the raw output act produces to this file for debugging purposes
+  mockApi: ResponseMocker[];  // specify the apis you want to mock. ResponseMocker is from mock-github
+  mockSteps: MockStep;        // specify which steps you want to mock
+  logFile?: string;           // write the raw output act produces to this file for debugging purposes
+  verbose?: true;             // enable versbose logging
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/act/act.ts b/src/act/act.ts
index df8b0be..b45557f 100644
--- a/src/act/act.ts
+++ b/src/act/act.ts
@@ -282,11 +282,16 @@ export class Act {
   }
 
   private async parseRunOpts(opts?: RunOpts) {
-    let proxy: ForwardProxy | undefined = undefined;
     const actArguments: string[] = [];
+    const cwd = opts?.cwd ?? this.cwd;
+    const workflowFile = opts?.workflowFile ?? this.workflowFile;
+    let proxy: ForwardProxy | undefined = undefined;
+
     if (opts?.mockApi) {
       proxy = new ForwardProxy(opts.mockApi);
+
       const address = await proxy.start();
+
       this.setEnv("http_proxy", `http://${address}`);
       this.setEnv("https_proxy", `http://${address}`);
       this.setEnv("HTTP_PROXY", `http://${address}`);
@@ -295,10 +300,8 @@ export class Act {
 
     if (opts?.artifactServer) {
       actArguments.push(
-        "--artifact-server-path",
-        opts?.artifactServer.path,
-        "--artifact-server-port",
-        opts?.artifactServer.port
+        "--artifact-server-path", opts?.artifactServer.path,
+        "--artifact-server-port", opts?.artifactServer.port
       );
     }
 
@@ -306,6 +309,10 @@ export class Act {
       actArguments.push("--bind");
     }
 
+    if (opts?.verbose) {
+      actArguments.push("--verbose");
+    }
+
     if (this.containerOpts.containerArchitecture) {
       actArguments.push("--container-architecture", this.containerOpts.containerArchitecture);
     }
@@ -318,8 +325,6 @@ export class Act {
       actArguments.push("--container-options", this.containerOpts.containerOptions);
     }
 
-    const cwd = opts?.cwd ?? this.cwd;
-    const workflowFile = opts?.workflowFile ?? this.workflowFile;
     actArguments.push("-W", workflowFile);
 
     return { cwd, proxy, actArguments };
diff --git a/src/act/act.type.ts b/src/act/act.type.ts
index dbb2e46..14f0180 100644
--- a/src/act/act.type.ts
+++ b/src/act/act.type.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export type RunOpts = {
   mockApi?: ResponseMocker<unknown, number>[];
   mockSteps?: MockStep;
   logFile?: string;
+  verbose?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type ContainerOpts = {