diff --git a/src/libprs500/gui2/jobs.py b/src/libprs500/gui2/jobs.py
index 7b1b033aea..cce4588f65 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/gui2/jobs.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/gui2/jobs.py
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ class JobManager(QAbstractTableModel):
         @param kwargs: The keyword arguments to pass to callable
         '''
         desc = kwargs.pop('job_description', '')
+        if args and hasattr(args[0], 'append') and '--verbose' not in args[0]:
+            args[0].append('--verbose')
+        print args
         priority = self.PRIORITY[str(QSettings().value('conversion job priority', 
                             QVariant('Normal')).toString())]
         job = self.create_job(ConversionJob, desc, slot, priority,