diff --git a/gpujpeg b/gpujpeg
index 33e71c965..57ac3b506 160000
--- a/gpujpeg
+++ b/gpujpeg
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 33e71c9651760e6569c01526ee04ab06fc7219bf
+Subproject commit 57ac3b506f7375132c6becbf60e683cc604bd8dc
diff --git a/src/libug.cpp b/src/libug.cpp
index bad414231..7a46f19c0 100644
--- a/src/libug.cpp
+++ b/src/libug.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ struct ug_sender *ug_sender_init(const struct ug_sender_parameters *init_params)
                 return nullptr;
         }
 
+        log_level += init_params->verbose;
+
         struct ug_sender *s = new ug_sender();
 
         chrono::steady_clock::time_point start_time(chrono::steady_clock::now());
@@ -191,6 +193,8 @@ struct ug_receiver *ug_receiver_start(struct ug_receiver_parameters *init_params
         chrono::steady_clock::time_point start_time(chrono::steady_clock::now());
         map<string, param_u> params;
 
+        log_level += init_params->verbose;
+
         // common
         params["parent"].ptr = &s->root_module;
         params["exporter"].ptr = NULL;
diff --git a/src/libug.h b/src/libug.h
index ca0ddcea2..95888afcd 100644
--- a/src/libug.h
+++ b/src/libug.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct ug_sender_parameters {
         void *rprc_udata;                        ///< user data passed to the rprc callback (optional)
         int tx_port;                             ///< TX port (optional, default 5004)
         int rx_port;                             ///< RX port (optional, default 5004)
+        int verbose;                             ///< verbosity level (optional, default 0, 1 - verbose, 2 - debug)
 };
 
 /**
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ struct ug_receiver_parameters {
         int rx_port;                             ///< RX port for RTCP (optional, unused if sender unset, default 5004)
         libug_pixfmt_t decompress_to;            ///< optional - pixel format to decompress to
         bool force_gpu_decoding;                 ///< force GPU decoding (decode with GPUJPEG)
+        int verbose;                             ///< verbosity level (optional, default 0, 1 - verbose, 2 - debug)
 };
 LIBUG_DLL struct ug_receiver *ug_receiver_start(struct ug_receiver_parameters *init_params);
 LIBUG_DLL void ug_receiver_done(struct ug_receiver *state);