diff --git a/kunst b/kunst
index f133e89..9d0a8f4 100755
--- a/kunst
+++ b/kunst
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@
 
 VERSION=1.3.4
 COVER=/tmp/kunst.jpg
-MUSIC_DIR=~/Music
-SIZE=250x250
-POSITION="+0+0"
-ONLINE_ALBUM_ART=false
+MUSIC_DIR="${KUNST_MUSIC_DIR:-~/Music}"
+SIZE="${KUNST_SIZE:-250x250}"
+POSITION="${KUNST_POSITION:-+0+0}"
+ONLINE_ALBUM_ART=""
+PROG_NAME=$(basename "$0")
 
 show_help() {
-printf "%s" "\
-usage: kunst [-h] [--size \"px\"] [--position \"+x+y\"][--music_dir \"path/to/dir\"] [--silent] [--version]
+    printf "%s" "\
+usage: kunst [-h|--help] [--size \"px\"] [--position \"+x+y\"]
+             [--music_dir \"path/to/dir\"] [--verbose] [--version]
 
 ┬┌─┬ ┬┌┐┌┌─┐┌┬┐
 ├┴┐│ ││││└─┐ │
@@ -28,15 +30,24 @@ optional arguments:
    --size                what size to display the album art in
    --position            the position where the album art should be displayed
    --music_dir           the music directory which MPD plays from
-   --silent              dont show the output
+   --verbose             show the output
    --force-online        force getting cover from the internet
    --version             show the version of kunst you are using
 "
 }
 
+log() {
+    [ "$VERBOSE" ] && echo "$PROG_NAME: $1"
+}
+
+logError() {
+    echo "$PROG_NAME: $1" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
 
 # Parse the arguments
-options=$(getopt -o h --long position:,size:,music_dir:,version,force-online,silent,help -- "$@")
+options=$(getopt -o h --long 'position:,size:,music_dir:,version,force-online,verbose,help' -- "$@")
 eval set -- "$options"
 
 while true; do
@@ -54,18 +65,18 @@ while true; do
             MUSIC_DIR=$1
             ;;
         -h|--help)
-		    show_help
-			exit
+            show_help
+            exit
+            ;;
+        --version)
+            echo $VERSION
+            exit
             ;;
-		--version)
-		    echo $VERSION
-			exit
-			;;
         --force-online)
             ONLINE_ALBUM_ART=true
             ;;
-        --silent)
-            SILENT=true
+        --verbose)
+            verbose=true
             ;;
         --)
             shift
@@ -84,109 +95,112 @@ EOF
 
 
 is_connected() {
-	# Check if internet is connected. We are using api.deezer.com to test
-	# if the internet is connected because if api.deezer.com is down or
-	# the internet is not connected this script will work as expected
-	if ping -q -c 1 -W 1 api.deezer.com >/dev/null; then
-		connected=true
-	else
-        [ ! "$SILENT" ] && echo "kunst: unable to check online for the album art"
-		connected=false
-	fi
+    # Check if internet is connected. We are using api.deezer.com to test
+    # if the internet is connected because if api.deezer.com is down or
+    # the internet is not connected this script will work as expected
+    if ping -q -c 1 -W 1 api.deezer.com >/dev/null; then
+        connected=true
+    else
+        log "unable to check online for the album art"
+        connected=false
+    fi
 }
 
 
 get_cover_online() {
-	# Check if connected to internet
-	is_connected
+    # Check if connected to internet
+    is_connected
 
-	if [ "$connected" == false ];then
-		ARTLESS=true
-		return
-	fi
+    if [ "$connected" == false ];then
+        ARTLESS=true
+        return
+    fi
 
     # If the current playing song ends with .mp3 or something similar, remove
     # it before searching for the album art because including the file extension
     # reduces the chance of good results in the search query
     QUERY=$(mpc current | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//' | iconv -t ascii//TRANSLIT -f utf8)
 
-	# Try to get the album cover online from api.deezer.com
-	API_URL="https://api.deezer.com/search/autocomplete?q=$QUERY" && API_URL=${API_URL//' '/'%20'}
-    echo $API_URL
-	# Extract the albumcover from the json returned
-	IMG_URL=$(curl -s "$API_URL" | jq -r '.playlists.data[0].picture_big')
+    # Try to get the album cover online from api.deezer.com
+    API_URL="https://api.deezer.com/search/autocomplete?q=$QUERY" && API_URL=${API_URL//' '/'%20'}
+    log "fetching $API_URL"
+    # Extract the albumcover from the json returned
+    JSON=$(curl -s "$API_URL")
+    ALBUM=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r '.tracks.data[0].album.picture_big' | sed 's/null//');
+    ARTIST=$(echo "$JSON" | jq -r '.tracks.data[0].artist.picture_big' | sed 's/null//');
+    IMG_URL="${ALBUM:-$ARTIST}"
 
-	if [ "$IMG_URL" = '' ] || [ "$IMG_URL" = 'null' ];then
-        [ ! "$SILENT" ] && echo "error: cover not found online"
-		ARTLESS=true
-	else
-        [ ! "$SILENT" ] && echo "kunst: cover found online"
-		curl -o "$COVER" -s "$IMG_URL"
-		ARTLESS=false
-	fi
+    if [ "$IMG_URL" = '' ] || [ "$IMG_URL" = 'null' ];then
+        log "cover not found online"
+        ARTLESS=true
+    else
+        log "cover found online"
+        curl -o "$COVER" -s "$IMG_URL"
+        ARTLESS=false
+    fi
 
 }
 
 find_album_art(){
     # Check if the user wants to get the album art from the internet,
-    # regardless if the curent song has an embedded album art or not
-    if [ "$ONLINE_ALBUM_ART" == true ];then
-        [ ! "$SILENT" ] && echo "kunst: getting cover from internet"
-		get_cover_online
+    # regardless if the current song has an embedded album art or not
+    if [ ! -z "$ONLINE_ALBUM_ART" ]; then
+        log "getting cover from internet"
+        get_cover_online
         return
     fi
 
-	# Extract the album art from the mp3 file and dont show the messsy
-	# output of ffmpeg
-	ffmpeg -i "$MUSIC_DIR$(mpc current -f %file%)" "$COVER" -y &> /dev/null
+    # Extract the album art from the mp3 file and dont show the messsy
+    # output of ffmpeg
+    ffmpeg -i "$MUSIC_DIR$(mpc current -f %file%)" "$COVER" -y &> /dev/null
 
-	# Get the status of the previous command
-	STATUS=$?
+    # Get the status of the previous command
+    STATUS=$?
 
-	# Check if the file has a embbeded album art
-	if [ "$STATUS" -eq 0 ];then
-        [ ! "$SILENT" ] && echo "kunst: extracted album art"
-		ARTLESS=false
-	else
+    # Check if the file has a embbeded album art
+    if [ "$STATUS" -eq 0 ];then
+        log "extracted album art"
+        ARTLESS=false
+    else
         DIR="$MUSIC_DIR$(dirname "$(mpc current -f %file%)")"
-        [ ! "$SILENT" ] && echo "kunst: inspecting $DIR"
+        log "inspecting $DIR"
 
-		# Check if there is an album cover/art in the folder.
-		# Look at issue #9 for more details
+        # Check if there is an album cover/art in the folder.
+        # Look at issue #9 for more details
         for CANDIDATE in "$DIR/cover."{png,jpg}; do
             if [ -f "$CANDIDATE" ]; then
                 STATUS=0
                 ARTLESS=false
                 convert "$CANDIDATE" $COVER &> /dev/null
-                [ ! "$SILENT" ] && echo "kunst: found cover.png"
+                log "found cover.png"
             fi
         done
     fi
 
-	if [ "$STATUS" -ne 0 ];then
-        [ ! "$SILENT" ] && echo "error: file does not have an album art"
-		get_cover_online
-	fi
+    if [ "$STATUS" -ne 0 ];then
+        log "file does not have an album art"
+        get_cover_online
+    fi
 }
 
 
 update_cover() {
     find_album_art
 
-	if [ "$ARTLESS" == false ]; then
-		convert "$COVER" -resize "$SIZE" "$COVER" &> /dev/null
-        [ ! "$SILENT" ] && echo "kunst: resized album art to $SIZE"
-	fi
+    if [ "$ARTLESS" == false ]; then
+        convert "$COVER" -resize "$SIZE" "$COVER" &> /dev/null
+        log "resized album art to $SIZE"
+    fi
 
 }
 
 pre_exit() {
-	# Get the proccess ID of kunst and kill it.
+    # Get the proccess ID of kunst and kill it.
     # We are dumping the output of kill to /dev/null
     # because if the user quits sxiv before they
     # exit kunst, an error will be shown
     # from kill and we dont want that
-	kill -9 "$(cat /tmp/kunst.pid)" &>/dev/null
+    kill -9 "$(cat /tmp/kunst.pid)" &>/dev/null
 
 }
 
@@ -195,54 +209,46 @@ main() {
     dependencies=(sxiv convert bash ffmpeg mpc jq mpd)
     for dependency in "${dependencies[@]}"; do
         type -p "$dependency" &>/dev/null || {
-            echo "error: Could not find '${dependency}', is it installed?" >&2
-            exit 1
+            logError "could not find '${dependency}', is it installed?"
         }
     done
 
-    [ "$KUNST_MUSIC_DIR" != "" ] && MUSIC_DIR="$KUNST_MUSIC_DIR"
-    [ "$KUNST_SIZE" != "" ] && SIZE="$KUNST_SIZE"
-    [ "$KUNST_POSITION" != "" ] && POSITION="$KUNST_POSITION"
+    # Flag to run some commands only once in the loop
+    FIRST_RUN=true
 
-	# Flag to run some commands only once in the loop
-	FIRST_RUN=true
+    while true; do
+        update_cover
 
-	while true; do
-		update_cover
+        if [ "$ARTLESS" == true ];then
+            # Dhange the path to COVER because the music note
+            # image is a png not jpg
+            COVER=/tmp/kunst.png
 
-		if [ "$ARTLESS" == true ];then
-			# Dhange the path to COVER because the music note
-			# image is a png not jpg
-			COVER=/tmp/kunst.png
-
-			# Decode the base64 encoded image and save it
-			# to /tmp/kunst.png
-			echo "$MUSIC_NOTE" | base64 --decode > "$COVER"
-		fi
-
-        if [ ! "$SILENT" ];then
-            echo "kunst: swapped album art to $(mpc current)"
-            printf '%*s\n' "${COLUMNS:-$(tput cols)}" '' | tr ' ' -
+            # Decode the base64 encoded image and save it
+            # to /tmp/kunst.png
+            echo "$MUSIC_NOTE" | base64 --decode > "$COVER"
         fi
 
-		if [ "$FIRST_RUN" == true ]; then
-			FIRST_RUN=false
+        log "swapped album art to $(mpc current)"
 
-			# Display the album art using sxiv
-			sxiv -g "$SIZE$POSITION" -b "$COVER" -N "Kunst" &
+        if [ "$FIRST_RUN" == true ]; then
+            FIRST_RUN=false
 
-			# Save the process ID so that we can kill
-			# sxiv when the user exits the script
-			echo $! >/tmp/kunst.pid
-		fi
+            # Display the album art using sxiv
+            sxiv -g "$SIZE$POSITION" -b "$COVER" -N "Kunst" &
 
-		# Waiting for an event from mpd; play/pause/next/previous
-		# this is lets kunst use less CPU :)
-		while true; do
-		    mpc idle player &>/dev/null && (mpc status | grep "\[playing\]" &>/dev/null) && break
-		done
-        [ ! "$SILENT" ] && echo "kunst: received event from mpd"
-	done
+            # Save the process ID so that we can kill
+            # sxiv when the user exits the script
+            echo $! >/tmp/kunst.pid
+        fi
+
+        # Waiting for an event from mpd; play/pause/next/previous
+        # this is lets kunst use less CPU :)
+        while true; do
+            mpc idle player &>/dev/null && (mpc status | grep "\[playing\]" &>/dev/null) && break
+        done
+        log "received event from mpd"
+    done
 }
 
 # Disable CTRL-Z because if we allowed this key press,