diff --git a/module.nix b/module.nix
index 1f3a9eb..c4dce6a 100644
--- a/module.nix
+++ b/module.nix
@@ -312,7 +312,13 @@ in
         Type = "simple";
         RuntimeDirectory = "fdroid-webhook";
         ExecStartPre = "+${makeHooks}";
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.webhook}/bin/webhook -hooks /run/fdroid-webhook/hooks.json -port ${toString cfg.webhookPort}";
+        # -verbose, because without it this logs nothing at all about
+        # requests: not a delivery, not a rejection, not a 404 for an unknown
+        # hook id. A webhook whose secret or content type is wrong fails the
+        # HMAC check and is dropped, and the only remaining symptom is that
+        # releases quietly arrive a day late via the timer instead of at once.
+        # Silence is the one thing this must not do.
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.webhook}/bin/webhook -hooks /run/fdroid-webhook/hooks.json -port ${toString cfg.webhookPort} -verbose";
         Restart = "on-failure";
       };
     };