diff --git a/LTA/ltastorageoverview/lib/webservice/webservice.py b/LTA/ltastorageoverview/lib/webservice/webservice.py
index 9188c2fb48cc3014a0b6fe9392107b412fa9b7e7..bdd23ef0c46fd14ac6524a3d95005a2d48866ecb 100755
--- a/LTA/ltastorageoverview/lib/webservice/webservice.py
+++ b/LTA/ltastorageoverview/lib/webservice/webservice.py
@@ -225,20 +225,19 @@ def main():
 
     # Check the invocation arguments
     parser = OptionParser("%prog [options]", description='runs the lta scraper and stores results in the speficied database.')
-    parser.add_option('-V', '--verbose', dest='verbose', action='store_true', help='verbose logging')
     parser.add_option_group(dbcredentials.options_group(parser))
     parser.set_defaults(dbcredentials="LTASO")
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
     logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s',
-                        level=logging.DEBUG if options.verbose else logging.INFO)
+                        level=logging.INFO)
 
     dbcreds = dbcredentials.parse_options(options)
 
     logger.info("Using dbcreds: %s" % dbcreds.stringWithHiddenPassword())
 
     global db
-    db = store.LTAStorageDb(dbcreds, options.verbose)
+    db = store.LTAStorageDb(dbcreds)
 
     app.run(debug=False,host='0.0.0.0',port=9632)