diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 51a87f6..fea4482 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "percent-encoding",
  "prettytable-rs",
+ "stderrlog",
  "structopt",
  "thiserror",
  "walkdir",
@@ -434,6 +435,19 @@ version = "1.0.117"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b88fa983de7720629c9387e9f517353ed404164b1e482c970a90c1a4aaf7dc1a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stderrlog"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b02f316286ae558d83acc93dd81eaba096e746987a7961d4a9ae026842bae67f"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "chrono",
+ "log",
+ "termcolor",
+ "thread_local",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -486,6 +500,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb6bfa289a4d7c5766392812c0a1f4c1ba45afa1ad47803c11e1f407d846d75f"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -515,6 +538,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d40c6d1b69745a6ec6fb1ca717914848da4b44ae29d9b3080cbee91d72a69b14"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.44"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 81e7833..e3e0c86 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ libmount = "0.1"
 log = "0.4"
 percent-encoding = "2.1"
 prettytable-rs = "0.8.0"
+stderrlog = "0.5.0"
 structopt = "0.3"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 walkdir = "2.3"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c696cc3..119d3ed 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate log;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 091929a..8804dab 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ use garbage::{
 };
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
+#[derive(StructOpt)]
+struct Opt {
+    #[structopt(subcommand)]
+    command: Command,
+
+    /// Verbosity (-v, -vv, -vvv, etc)
+    #[structopt(short = "v", long = "verbose", parse(from_occurrences))]
+    verbose: usize,
+}
+
 #[derive(StructOpt)]
 enum Command {
     /// Empty a trash directory.
@@ -30,8 +40,7 @@ enum Command {
     Restore(RestoreOptions),
 }
 
-fn run() -> Result<()> {
-    let cmd = Command::from_args();
+fn run(cmd: Command) -> Result<()> {
     match cmd {
         Command::Empty(options) => ops::empty(options),
         Command::List(options) => ops::list(options),
@@ -41,7 +50,15 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    match run() {
+    let opt = Opt::from_args();
+
+    stderrlog::new()
+        .module(module_path!())
+        .verbosity(opt.verbose)
+        .init()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    match run(opt.command) {
         Ok(_) => (),
         Err(err) => {
             eprintln!("Error: {}", err);
diff --git a/src/ops/put.rs b/src/ops/put.rs
index 844fd88..6d42b7d 100644
--- a/src/ops/put.rs
+++ b/src/ops/put.rs
@@ -66,13 +66,18 @@ pub struct PutOptions {
 /// Throw some files into the trash.
 pub fn put(options: PutOptions) -> Result<()> {
     for path in options.paths.iter() {
+        let abs_path = utils::into_absolute(&path)?;
+
         // don't allow deleting '.' or '..'
         let current_dir = env::current_dir()?;
+        let parent = current_dir.parent();
+        info!("Checking if {:?} is . or ..", abs_path);
+        trace!("curr = {:?}", current_dir);
+        trace!("parent = {:?}", parent);
 
-        if !(utils::into_absolute(&path)? == current_dir.as_path()
+        if abs_path == current_dir.as_path()
             || (current_dir.parent().is_some()
-                && utils::into_absolute(&path)?
-                    == current_dir.parent().unwrap()))
+                && abs_path == current_dir.parent().unwrap())
         {
             return Err(Error::Put(PutError::CannotTrashDotDirs));
         }