diff --git a/plugin/wakatime.vim b/plugin/wakatime.vim
index 4152337..7f659b5 100644
--- a/plugin/wakatime.vim
+++ b/plugin/wakatime.vim
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
             if a:endtime
                 let extras = extras . '--endtime ' . a:endtime
             endif
-            exec "silent !python" s:plugin_directory . "packages/wakatime/wakatime.py --verbose --file" shellescape(targetFile) "--time" a:time extras . " &"
+            exec "silent !python" s:plugin_directory . "packages/wakatime/wakatime.py --file" shellescape(targetFile) "--time" a:time extras . " &"
             let time = a:time
             if a:endtime && time < a:endtime
                 let time = a:endtime