diff --git a/src/gui.rs b/src/gui.rs
index d76a589..989a5cb 100644
--- a/src/gui.rs
+++ b/src/gui.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ impl Gui {
         println!("result: {:?}", result.status());
 
         info!("Grabbing pointer...");
+        let cursor = xcb_util::cursor::create_font_cursor(&self.conn, xcb_util::cursor::CROSSHAIR);
         let result = xproto::grab_pointer(
             &self.conn,
             false,
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ impl Gui {
             xcb::GRAB_MODE_ASYNC as u8,
             xcb::GRAB_MODE_ASYNC as u8,
             xcb::NONE,
-            xcb::NONE,
+            cursor,
             xcb::CURRENT_TIME,
         )
         .get_reply()?;
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ impl Gui {
 
         info!("Loop exited, cleaning up...");
         xproto::ungrab_keyboard(&self.conn, xcb::CURRENT_TIME).request_check()?;
+        xproto::ungrab_pointer(&self.conn, xcb::CURRENT_TIME).request_check()?;
 
         Ok(state.rect())
     }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 18ae147..70962ff 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     stderrlog::new()
         .module(module_path!())
-        .verbosity(5)
+        .verbosity(opt.verbose)
         .init()
         .unwrap();
 
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ pub struct Options {
     /// The file to save the screenshot to
     #[structopt(short = "o", long = "out", parse(from_os_str))]
     pub outfile: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Verbose mode (-v, -vv, -vvv, etc)
+    #[structopt(short = "v", long = "verbose", parse(from_occurrences))]
+    verbose: usize,
 }
 
 /// A region option