diff --git a/testing/dav_test b/testing/dav_test
index 7ea78abf..fab2025e 100755
--- a/testing/dav_test
+++ b/testing/dav_test
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ $dsn = "dbi:Pg:dbname=$dsn";
 my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $dbuser, $dbpass, { AutoCommit => 0 } ) or die "Can't connect to database $dsn";
 
 
-my @arguments = ( "--basic", "--proxy", "", "--silent" );
-push @arguments, "--verbose" if ( defined($ARGV[2]) );
+my @arguments = ( "--basic", "--proxy", "" );
+push @arguments, "--silent"  unless ( $debug );
+push @arguments, "--verbose" if ( $debug );
 
 my $url;
 my $is_head_request = 0;