diff --git a/configBitstreamParser.cpp b/configBitstreamParser.cpp
index a04bc15..cb1435f 100644
--- a/configBitstreamParser.cpp
+++ b/configBitstreamParser.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-ConfigBitstreamParser::ConfigBitstreamParser(string filename, int mode):
+ConfigBitstreamParser::ConfigBitstreamParser(string filename, int mode,
+			bool verbose):
 			_filename(filename), _bit_length(0),
-			_file_size(0), _fd(filename,
+			_file_size(0), _verbose(verbose), _fd(filename,
 			ifstream::in | (ios_base::openmode)mode), _bit_data()
 {
 	if (!_fd.is_open()) {
diff --git a/configBitstreamParser.hpp b/configBitstreamParser.hpp
index c9273a7..f7629d8 100644
--- a/configBitstreamParser.hpp
+++ b/configBitstreamParser.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 class ConfigBitstreamParser {
 	public:
-		ConfigBitstreamParser(std::string filename, int mode = ASCII_MODE);
+		ConfigBitstreamParser(std::string filename, int mode = ASCII_MODE,
+			bool verbose = false);
 		~ConfigBitstreamParser();
 		virtual int parse() = 0;
 		uint8_t *getData() {return (uint8_t*)_bit_data.c_str();}
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ class ConfigBitstreamParser {
 		std::string _filename;
 		int _bit_length;
 		int _file_size;
+		bool _verbose;
 		std::ifstream _fd;
 		std::string _bit_data;
 };