diff --git a/rtengine/dfmanager.cc b/rtengine/dfmanager.cc
index d55e81c7f..c5bd17ac5 100644
--- a/rtengine/dfmanager.cc
+++ b/rtengine/dfmanager.cc
@@ -189,9 +189,7 @@ void dfInfo::updateBadPixelList( RawImage *df )
 			}
 	}
 	if( settings->verbose ){
-		for (std::list<badPix>::iterator iter = badPixels.begin(); iter !=badPixels.end(); iter ++)
-			printf( "(%d,%d) ",iter->x, iter->y);
-		printf( "Tot: %d\n", badPixels.size() );
+		printf( "Extracted %u pixels from darkframe %s\n", badPixels.size(),df->fname.c_str() );
 	}
 }
 
@@ -211,8 +209,9 @@ void DFManager::init( Glib::ustring pathname )
     for (int i=0; i<names.size(); i++) {
         int lastdot = names[i].find_last_of ('.');
         if (lastdot != Glib::ustring::npos && names[i].substr(lastdot) == ".badpixels" ){
-        	if( scanBadPixelsFile( names[i] ) && settings->verbose)
-        		printf("Loaded badpixels file %s\n",names[i].c_str());
+        	int n = scanBadPixelsFile( names[i] );
+        	if( n>0 && settings->verbose)
+        		printf("Loaded %s: %d pixels\n",names[i].c_str(),n);
         	continue;
         }
         try{
@@ -359,13 +358,18 @@ std::list<badPix> *DFManager::getHotPixels ( const Glib::ustring filename )
 std::list<badPix> *DFManager::getHotPixels ( const std::string &mak, const std::string &mod, int iso, double shut, time_t t )
 {
    dfInfo *df = find( mak, mod, iso, shut, t );
-   if( df )
+   if( df ){
+	   if( settings->verbose )
+		   if( df->pathname.size() >0 )
+		      printf( "Searched hotpixels from %s\n",df->pathname.c_str());
+		   else if( df->pathNames.size() >0 )
+			  printf( "Searched hotpixels from template (first %s)\n",df->pathNames.begin()->c_str());
 	   return &df->getHotPixels();
-   else
+   }else
 	   return 0;
 }
 
-bool DFManager::scanBadPixelsFile( Glib::ustring filename )
+int DFManager::scanBadPixelsFile( Glib::ustring filename )
 {
 	FILE *file = fopen( filename.c_str(),"r" );
 	if( !file ) return false;
@@ -384,11 +388,10 @@ bool DFManager::scanBadPixelsFile( Glib::ustring filename )
     	if( sscanf(line,"%d %d",&x,&y) == 2 )
     		bp.push_back( badPix(x,y) );
     }
-    if( bp.size()>0 ){
+    int numPixels = bp.size();
+    if( numPixels >0 )
     	bpList[ makmodel ] = bp;
-    	return true;
-    }
-	return false;
+	return numPixels;
 }
 
 std::list<badPix> *DFManager::getBadPixels ( const std::string &mak, const std::string &mod, const std::string &serial)
@@ -398,8 +401,13 @@ std::list<badPix> *DFManager::getBadPixels ( const std::string &mak, const std::
 	if( serial.size()>0)
 	   s << " " << serial;
 	bpList_t::iterator iter = bpList.find( s.str() );
-	if( iter != bpList.end() )
+	if( iter != bpList.end() ){
+		if( settings->verbose )
+		   printf("Found:%s.badpixels in list\n",s.str().c_str());
 		return &(iter->second);
+	}
+	if( settings->verbose )
+	   printf("%s.badpixels not found\n",s.str().c_str());
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/rtengine/dfmanager.h b/rtengine/dfmanager.h
index 3dd269598..73f5ba822 100644
--- a/rtengine/dfmanager.h
+++ b/rtengine/dfmanager.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ protected:
 	Glib::ustring currentPath;
 	dfInfo *addFileInfo(const Glib::ustring &filename );
 	dfInfo *find( const std::string &mak, const std::string &mod, int isospeed, double shut, time_t t );
-	bool scanBadPixelsFile( Glib::ustring filename );
+	int scanBadPixelsFile( Glib::ustring filename );
 };
 
 extern DFManager dfm;
diff --git a/rtengine/rawimagesource.cc b/rtengine/rawimagesource.cc
index d8fcfca71..2fc0e0c73 100644
--- a/rtengine/rawimagesource.cc
+++ b/rtengine/rawimagesource.cc
@@ -777,6 +777,9 @@ void RawImageSource::preprocess  (const RAWParams &raw)
 	}else{
 		rid = dfm.searchDarkFrame( ri->make, ri->model, ri->iso_speed, ri->shutter, ri->timestamp);
 	}
+	if( rid && settings->verbose){
+		printf( "Subtracting Darkframe:%s\n",rid->fname.c_str());
+	}
 	copyOriginalPixels(ri, rid);
 	size_t widthBitmap = (ri->width/8+ (ri->width%8?1:0));
 	size_t dimBitmap = widthBitmap*ri->height;
@@ -786,17 +789,22 @@ void RawImageSource::preprocess  (const RAWParams &raw)
 	if( bp ){
 		for(std::list<badPix>::iterator iter = bp->begin(); iter != bp->end(); iter++)
 			bitmapBads[ widthBitmap * (iter->y) + (iter->x)/8] |= 1<<(iter->x%8);
+		if( settings->verbose ){
+			printf( "Correcting %u pixels from .badpixels\n",bp->size());
+		}
 	}
 	bp = 0;
-	if( raw.df_autoselect )
+	if( raw.df_autoselect ){
 		bp = dfm.getHotPixels( ri->make, ri->model, ri->iso_speed, ri->shutter, ri->timestamp);
-	else if( raw.dark_frame.size()>0 )
+	}else if( raw.dark_frame.size()>0 )
 		bp = dfm.getHotPixels( raw.dark_frame );
-	if(bp)
+	if(bp){
 		for(std::list<badPix>::iterator iter = bp->begin(); iter != bp->end(); iter++)
 			bitmapBads[ widthBitmap *iter->y + iter->x/8] |= 1<<(iter->x%8);
-
-
+		if( settings->verbose && bp->size()>0){
+			printf( "Correcting %u hotpixels from darkframe\n",bp->size());
+		}
+	}
     preInterpolate(false);
     scaleColors( false,true);
 
@@ -850,7 +858,10 @@ void RawImageSource::preprocess  (const RAWParams &raw)
 			plistener->setProgressStr ("Hot/Dead Pixel Filter...");
 			plistener->setProgress (0.0);
 		}
-		findHotDeadPixel( bitmapBads,0.1 );
+		int nFound =findHotDeadPixel( bitmapBads,0.1 );
+		if( settings->verbose && nFound>0){
+			printf( "Correcting %d hot/dead pixels found inside image\n",nFound );
+		}
 	}
 	cfaCleanFromMap( bitmapBads );
 	delete [] bitmapBads;
diff --git a/rtgui/options.cc b/rtgui/options.cc
index 0d6f6188a..e909d9be0 100644
--- a/rtgui/options.cc
+++ b/rtgui/options.cc
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ int Options::saveToFile (Glib::ustring fname) {
     keyFile.set_integer ("General", "Version", 290);
     keyFile.set_boolean ("General", "FirstRun", firstRun);
 	keyFile.set_string  ("General", "DarkFramesPath", rtSettings.darkFramesPath);
+	keyFile.set_boolean ("General", "Verbose", rtSettings.verbose);
 
     keyFile.set_integer ("External Editor", "EditorKind", editorToSendTo);
     keyFile.set_string  ("External Editor", "GimpDir", gimpDir);