diff --git a/vision_agent/tools/meta_tools.py b/vision_agent/tools/meta_tools.py
index 024d4230..c9fc7be0 100644
--- a/vision_agent/tools/meta_tools.py
+++ b/vision_agent/tools/meta_tools.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 CURRENT_LINE = 0
 DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE = 100
 ZMQ_PORT = os.environ.get("ZMQ_PORT", None)
+VERBOSITY = os.environ.get("VERBOSITY", 0)
 
 
 def report_progress_callback(port: int, inp: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ def detect_dogs(image_path: str):
             )
         )
     else:
-        agent = va.agent.VisionAgentCoder()
+        agent = va.agent.VisionAgentCoder(verbosity=int(VERBOSITY))
 
     fixed_chat: List[Message] = [{"role": "user", "content": chat, "media": media}]
     response = agent.chat_with_workflow(
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ def detect_dogs(image_path: str):
             return dogs
     """
 
-    agent = va.agent.VisionAgentCoder()
+    agent = va.agent.VisionAgentCoder(verbosity=int(VERBOSITY))
     if name not in artifacts:
         print(f"[Artifact {name} does not exist]")
         return f"[Artifact {name} does not exist]"