Hi, There is a difference between: unbound-host -C /etc/unbound/unbound.conf -d -d -d and: unbound-host -d -d -d -C /etc/unbound/unbound.conf This is not at all obvious. I suggest that specifying -d -d -d should override the verbosity: setting from the conf file, irrespective of the order of the arguments. I think I also got bitten by a changed default, where unbound no longer reads the /etc/unbound/unbound.conf. That makes the unbound command kind of hard to use. Why would someone use unbound-host without specifying any conf file (and therefor any key) ? Paul