diff --git a/rattail_fabric/deploy/backup/backup-everything.mako b/rattail_fabric/deploy/backup/backup-everything.mako
index 243373d..0f37d8b 100755
--- a/rattail_fabric/deploy/backup/backup-everything.mako
+++ b/rattail_fabric/deploy/backup/backup-everything.mako
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-RATTAIL="/srv/envs/${envname}/bin/rattail --config=$CONFIG $PROGRESS"
+RATTAIL="/srv/envs/${envname}/bin/rattail --config=$CONFIG $PROGRESS $VERBOSE"
 PIP="sudo -u ${user} PIP_CONFIG_FILE=/srv/envs/${envname}/pip.conf /srv/envs/${envname}/bin/pip"
 
 # upgrade pip