diff --git a/server/config.go b/server/config.go
index 0f38c5b27..2b34e33d7 100644
--- a/server/config.go
+++ b/server/config.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func (c *Config) LoadFlags(arguments []string) error {
 	f.BoolVar(&c.Force, "force", false, "")
 
 	f.BoolVar(&c.Verbose, "v", c.Verbose, "")
-	f.BoolVar(&c.VeryVerbose, "vv", c.Verbose, "")
+	f.BoolVar(&c.VeryVerbose, "vv", c.VeryVerbose, "")
 	f.BoolVar(&c.VeryVeryVerbose, "vvv", c.VeryVeryVerbose, "")
 
 	f.StringVar(&peers, "peers", "", "")