diff --git a/spec/acceptance/basic_nova_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/basic_nova_spec.rb
index cb32db609..1e9ff4f86 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/basic_nova_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/basic_nova_spec.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ describe 'basic nova' do
         rabbit_password     => 'an_even_bigger_secret',
         image_service       => 'nova.image.glance.GlanceImageService',
         glance_api_servers  => 'localhost:9292',
-        verbose             => false,
+        verbose             => true,
+        debug               => true,
         rabbit_host         => '127.0.0.1',
       }
       class { '::nova::db::mysql':