diff --git a/src/python/cram/__main__.py b/src/python/cram/__main__.py
index 6ed5097..3eb5dda 100644
--- a/src/python/cram/__main__.py
+++ b/src/python/cram/__main__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import pickle
 from typing import List, Optional, Union
 import re
 import platform
+from pprint import pformat
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 from . import (
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ def load_packages(root: Path, roots) -> dict:
 
     packages = {}
     for r in roots.get("package", []):
-        r = root / r
+        r = root / expandvars(r)
         log.debug(f"Trying to load packages from {r}...")
         for p in r.glob("*"):
             name = str(p.relative_to(root))
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ def load_packages(root: Path, roots) -> dict:
 
     for r in roots.get("profile", []):
         # Add profiles, hosts which contain subpackages.
-        r = root / r
+        r = root / expandvars(r)
         log.debug(f"Trying to load profiles from {r}...")
         for mp_root in r.glob("*"):
             # First find all subpackages
@@ -172,13 +173,11 @@ def build_fs(
 
     packages = load_packages(root, roots)
 
-    if packages:
-        for p in packages:
-            log.debug(f"Loaded package {p}")
-    else:
+    if not packages:
         log.warning("Loaded no packages!")
 
     requirements = list(prelude)
+    dirty = list()
     for r in requirements:
         try:
             for d in packages[r].requires():
@@ -186,11 +185,14 @@ def build_fs(
                     requirements.append(d)
         except KeyError as e:
             missing_require_handler(r, e)
-            requirements.remove(r)
+            dirty.append(r)
+
+    for r in dirty:
+        requirements.remove(r)
 
-    log.info(f"Mapped requirements {prelude} to {requirements}")
     # Compute the topsort graph
     requirements_graph = {r: packages[r].requires() for r in requirements}
+    log.debug(pformat(requirements_graph))
     fs = Vfs()
 
     # Abstractly execute the current packages
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ def build_fs(
         r = packages[r]
         r.install(fs, dest)
 
+    log.info(f"Computed an initial plan of {len(fs._log)} steps")
     return fs
 
 
@@ -221,6 +224,7 @@ def simplify(old_fs: Vfs, new_fs: Vfs, /, exec_idempotent=True) -> Vfs:
 
     old_fs = old_fs.clone()
     new_fs = new_fs.clone()
+    initial_new_steps = len(new_fs._log)
 
     # Scrub anything in the new log that's in the old log
     for txn in list(old_fs._log):
@@ -243,6 +247,7 @@ def simplify(old_fs: Vfs, new_fs: Vfs, /, exec_idempotent=True) -> Vfs:
             deduped.append(op)
     new_fs._log = deduped
 
+    log.info(f"Optimized out {initial_new_steps - len(new_fs._log)} steps")
     return new_fs
 
 
@@ -304,10 +309,19 @@ def configure(ctx, param, filename: Optional[Path]):
             exit(1)
 
 
+def count_to_level(count: int):
+    if count == 0:
+        return logging.WARN
+    elif count == 1:
+        return logging.INFO
+    elif count > 1:
+        return logging.DEBUG
+
+
 @click.group(invoke_without_command=True)
 @click.option(
     "--config",
-    type=click.Path(dir_okay=False),
+    type=Path,
     default=upsearch("cram.toml"),
     callback=configure,
     is_eager=True,
@@ -315,6 +329,12 @@ def configure(ctx, param, filename: Optional[Path]):
     help="Read option defaults from the specified TOML file",
     show_default=True,
 )
+@click.option(
+    "-v",
+    "--verbose",
+    count=True,
+    callback=lambda ctx, param, count: count_to_level(count),
+)
 @click.version_option(
     version=__version__,
     message=f"""Cram {__version__}
@@ -335,8 +355,11 @@ About
   Published under the terms of the {__license__} license.
 """,
 )
-def cli():
-    pass
+def cli(verbose):
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=verbose,
+        format="%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
+    )
 
 
 def arg_statefile(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -575,9 +598,9 @@ exec_idempotent = true
 # Where to load requirements from, and the requirement type
 # Types: package, profile
 require_root = [
-  ["package", "${PWD}/packages.d"],
-  ["profile", "${PWD}/profiles.d"],
-  ["profile", "${PWD}/hosts.d"],
+  ["package", "packages.d"],
+  ["profile", "profiles.d"],
+  ["profile", "hosts.d"],
 ]
 # Choice([error, warn, ignore])
 missing_require = "error"
@@ -596,10 +619,5 @@ require = [
         (confdir / d).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__" or 1:
-    logging.basicConfig(
-        level=logging.INFO,
-        format="%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
-    )
-
+if __name__ == "__main__":
     cli()