diff --git a/scan b/scan
index 915769b..8aa052d 100755
--- a/scan
+++ b/scan
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ function usage() {
 	echo "       -p      preview document after scanning"
 	echo "       -s xxx  select scanner to use"
 	echo "       -T      Temporary mode - scan to /tmp/a.pdf"
+	echo "       -v      verbose mode"
 	echo ""
 }
 
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ TAGS=""
 NAUTOTAGS=0
 TEST=0
 FINYEARTAGS=""
+VERBOSE=0
 
 ALLARGS="$*"
 if [[ -e $RCFILE ]]; then
@@ -162,10 +164,15 @@ if [[ -e $RCFILE ]]; then
     done < <(egrep -v "(^#|^$)" $RCFILE)
 fi
 
-ARGS=$(getopt cdf:hlmMps:Tt $ALLARGS)
+
+ARGS=$(getopt cdf:hlmMps:Ttv $ALLARGS)
 eval set -- $ARGS
 for i do
         case "$i" in
+                -v)
+                        VERBOSE=1; shift 1;
+			info "[verbose mode]"
+                        ;;
                 -d)
                         DUPLEXOPTS="-duplex"; shift 1;
 			info "[duplex mode]"
@@ -321,6 +328,9 @@ while [[ $finished -eq 0 ]]; do
 
     # scan new file
 
+    if [[ $VERBOSE -eq 1 ]]; then
+        info "will run:  ${SCANLINE} -verbose -dir \"${DIR}\" -name \"${FILENAME}\" \"$DUPLEXOPTS\" \"$SCANNEROPTS\" $TAGS 2>&1"
+    fi
     echo -e -n "${CYAN}Scanning..."
     OUTPUT=$( ${SCANLINE} -verbose -dir "${DIR}" -name "${FILENAME}" "$DUPLEXOPTS" "$SCANNEROPTS" $TAGS 2>&1)
     rv=$?
@@ -334,10 +344,14 @@ while [[ $finished -eq 0 ]]; do
             echo "$OUTPUT" | sed -e 's/^/   /'
             exit 1
     fi
-    thisnpages=`printf %d $( echo "$OUTPUT" | grep 'Scan complete' | wc -l )`
+    thisnpages=`printf %d $( echo "$OUTPUT" | egrep '^(Scan complete|didScanTo)' | wc -l )`
     NUMPAGES=$(( $NUMPAGES + $thisnpages ))
 
-    PDFFILE=`echo "$OUTPUT" | grep to: | awk '{ print $NF }'`
+    PDFFILE=`echo "$OUTPUT" | egrep '(^About to)|to:' | awk '{ print $NF }'`
+    if [[ $VERBOSE -eq 1 ]]; then
+        echo "output is: [$OUTPUT]"
+        echo "PDFFILE is: [$PDFFILE]"
+    fi
 
     if [[ $MULTIPAGE -eq 0 ]]; then
         finished=1