diff --git a/initrd/sys/config b/initrd/sys/config
index fdd4fded..e197bfe0 100644
--- a/initrd/sys/config
+++ b/initrd/sys/config
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 screen=1024x768
 kernel=boot/moon.elf
-serial=1
\ No newline at end of file
+verbose=1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kernel/src/init/Init.cpp b/kernel/src/init/Init.cpp
index 4bb9b343..2d485b5b 100644
--- a/kernel/src/init/Init.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/init/Init.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "cpu/CPU.h"
 #include "interrupts/Interrupts.h"
 #include "io/Serial.h"
+#include "log/Log.h"
 #include "memory/RangeAllocator.h"
 #include "memory/VMM.h"
 #include "panic/hang.h"
@@ -11,9 +12,10 @@
 #include "rand/Mersenne.h"
 #include "render/Framebuffer.h"
 #include "render/TextRenderer.h"
-#include <string.h>
+#include "std/string.h"
 
 extern BOOTBOOT bootboot;
+extern "C" char environment[4096];
 
 uintptr_t __stack_chk_guard = 0xfeff34;
 
@@ -40,6 +42,13 @@ void Init::early_init()
     kernelPMM.init_from_mmap();
     kernelVMM.init();
 
+    if (strstr(environment, "quiet=1"))
+    {
+        KernelLog::toggle_log_level(LogLevel::DEBUG);
+        KernelLog::toggle_log_level(LogLevel::INFO);
+    }
+    else if (!strstr(environment, "verbose=1")) { KernelLog::toggle_log_level(LogLevel::DEBUG); }
+
     Mersenne::init();
 
     __stack_chk_guard = Mersenne::get();