diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bba8e7..3d7848b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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-A [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) exporter for monitoring Compal CH7465LG cable modems. These are sold under the name "Connect Box" by Unitymedia in Germany, Ziggo in the Netherlands and UPC in Switzerland/Austria. Or as "Virgin Media Super Hub 3" by Virgin Media.
+A [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) exporter for monitoring Compal CH7465LG cable modems. These are sold under the name "Connect Box" by Unitymedia in Germany, Ziggo in the Netherlands and UPC in Switzerland/Austria/Poland. Or as "Virgin Media Super Hub 3" by Virgin Media.
 
 Makes thorough use of [compal_CH7465LG_py](https://github.com/ties/compal_CH7465LG_py) by [@ties](https://github.com/ties/) (thanks!).
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ip_address: 192.168.0.1
 password: WhatEverYourPasswordIs
 ```
 
-Then run `connectbox_exporter path/to/your/config.yml`
+Then run `connectbox_exporter path/to/your/config.yml` .
 
 ## Prometheus Configuration
 Add the following to your `prometheus.yml`:
diff --git a/connectbox_exporter/connectbox_exporter.py b/connectbox_exporter/connectbox_exporter.py
index 4cce6e5..9d03c64 100755
--- a/connectbox_exporter/connectbox_exporter.py
+++ b/connectbox_exporter/connectbox_exporter.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import logging
-import sys
 import threading
 import time
 
 import click
-from compal import Compal
+import compal
 from prometheus_client import CollectorRegistry, MetricsHandler
 from prometheus_client.exposition import _ThreadingSimpleServer
 from prometheus_client.metrics_core import GaugeMetricFamily
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
     PORT,
     TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
 )
+from connectbox_exporter.logger import get_logger, VerboseLogger
 from connectbox_exporter.xml2metric import (
     CmStateExtractor,
     LanUserExtractor,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 class ConnectBoxCollector(object):
     def __init__(
-        self, logger: logging.Logger, ip_address: str, password: str, timeout: float
+        self, logger: VerboseLogger, ip_address: str, password: str, timeout: float
     ):
         self.logger = logger
         self.ip_address = ip_address
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def collect(self):
         # attempt login
         try:
             self.logger.debug("Logging in at " + self.ip_address)
-            connectbox = Compal(
+            connectbox = compal.Compal(
                 self.ip_address, key=self.password, timeout=self.timeout
             )
             connectbox.login()
@@ -65,8 +65,12 @@ def collect(self):
                 for extractor in self.metric_extractors:
                     contents = []
                     for fun in extractor.functions:
-                        self.logger.debug(f"Querying fun=" + str(fun) + "...")
-                        contents.append(connectbox.xml_getter(fun, {}).content)
+                        self.logger.debug(f"Querying fun={fun}...")
+                        raw_xml = connectbox.xml_getter(fun, {}).content
+                        self.logger.verbose(
+                            f"Raw XML response for fun={fun}:\n{raw_xml.decode()}"
+                        )
+                        contents.append(raw_xml)
                     yield from extractor.extract(contents)
             except Exception as e:
                 # bail out on any error
@@ -100,22 +104,20 @@ def collect(self):
 
 @click.command()
 @click.argument("config_file", type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=False))
-@click.option("-v", "--verbose", help="Print more log messages", is_flag=True)
+@click.option(
+    "-v",
+    "--verbose",
+    help="Log more messages. Multiple -v increase verbosity.",
+    count=True,
+)
 def main(config_file, verbose):
     """
     Launch the exporter using a YAML config file.
     """
-    # logging setup
-    log_level = logging.DEBUG if verbose else logging.INFO
-    logger = logging.getLogger("connectbox_exporter")
-    logger.setLevel(log_level)
-    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-    handler.setLevel(log_level)
-    formatter = logging.Formatter(
-        "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
-    )
-    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-    logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+    # hush the logger from the compal library and use our own custom logger
+    compal.LOGGER.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    logger = get_logger(verbose)
 
     # load user and merge with defaults
     config = load_config(config_file)
diff --git a/connectbox_exporter/logger.py b/connectbox_exporter/logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7199869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connectbox_exporter/logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from logging import Logger, NOTSET, addLevelName, INFO, DEBUG, StreamHandler, Formatter
+import sys
+
+VERBOSE = 5
+
+
+class VerboseLogger(Logger):
+    """
+    Logger with custom log level VERBOSE which is lower than DEBUG.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, name, level=NOTSET):
+        super().__init__(name, level)
+        addLevelName(VERBOSE, "VERBOSE")
+
+    def verbose(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self.isEnabledFor(VERBOSE):
+            self._log(VERBOSE, msg, args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def get_logger(verbosity: int) -> VerboseLogger:
+    """
+    Get logger object which logs to stdout with given verbosity.
+    :param verbosity: logs INFO if 0, DEBUG if 1 and VERBOSE if >1
+    :return:
+    """
+    if verbosity <= 0:
+        log_level = INFO
+    elif verbosity == 1:
+        log_level = DEBUG
+    else:
+        log_level = VERBOSE
+
+    logger = VerboseLogger("connectbox_exporter")
+    logger.setLevel(log_level)
+    handler = StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+    handler.setLevel(log_level)
+    formatter = Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+    return logger
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 48b6347..d19a8bf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="connectbox-prometheus",
-    version="0.2.0",
+    version="0.2.1",
     author="Michael Bugert",
     author_email="git@mbugert.de",
     description='Prometheus exporter for Compal CH7465LG cable modems, commonly sold as "Connect Box"',