diff --git a/src/cmd/cmd.gen.js b/src/cmd/cmd.gen.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a02387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/cmd.gen.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const path = require('path')
+const fs = require('fs')
+const os = require('os')
+
+const internal_templates = [
+    'default.json'
+]
+
+function prepareUserDir(config) {
+    let apicli_dir = path.join(os.homedir(), '.apicli', 'templates')
+    if(!fs.existsSync(apicli_dir)) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(apicli_dir)
+    }
+    internal_templates.forEach(template_name => {
+        let local_path = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'templates', template_name)
+        let target_path = path.join(apicli_dir, template_name)
+        if(!fs.existsSync(target_path)) {
+            fs.copyFileSync(local_path, target_path)
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+function prepare(config) {
+    prepareUserDir(config)
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+module.exports = {
+    description: 'Generate a new api spec from a template.',
+    usage: {
+        options: {
+            '--interactive, -i': 'Interactive mode. Generate spec with interactive input from user. (optional)',
+            '--name <name>': 'Name of the service.',
+            '--description <description>': 'Description of the service.',
+            '--namespace <namespace>': 'Namespace of the service. (optional)',
+            '--baseurl <baseurl>': 'Base URL of the service. (optional)',
+            '--store-default': 'Store the generated spec as new user template. (optional)'
+        }
+    },
+    run(args) {
+        let options = {
+            args,
+            verbose: args.v || args.verbose
+        }
+        prepare()
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/cmd/cmd.version.js b/src/cmd/cmd.version.js
index 767b10c..1e97606 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cmd.version.js
+++ b/src/cmd/cmd.version.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 function printVersion(verbose) {
     let { version, description, name } = require('../../package.json');
-    
-    let output = verbose ? { name, description, version } : { version }
-    console.log(output);
-    return output
+    console.log({ name, description, version });
 }
 
 function run(args) {
@@ -14,9 +11,4 @@ module.exports = {
     name: 'version',
     description: 'Output the current version of apicli.',
     run,
-    usage: {
-        options: {
-            '-v, --verbose': 'Verbose output. Includes name and description.',
-        }
-    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index c96708e..59e70c7 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
+const logging = require('./logging')
 const loader = require('./loader')
 
 let required_command = process.argv[2]
@@ -14,6 +12,8 @@ if(!command) {
     command = commands.help
 }
 
+logging.init(args.v ? 1 : args.vv ? 2 : 0)
+
 try {
     command.run(args)
 }catch(err) {
diff --git a/src/loader.js b/src/loader.js
index cbfbd4f..69d8be0 100644
--- a/src/loader.js
+++ b/src/loader.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 
+const default_options = {
+    '-v': 'Verbose output level=debug.',
+    '-vv': 'Verbose output level=trace.'
+}
+
 function printColumns(left, right) {
     let indent = 48 - left.length
     let result = left + '  ';
@@ -37,6 +42,12 @@ function load() {
                 let command = require(command_path)
                 
                 command.name = result.name || name
+                command.usage = command.usage || {}
+                command.usage.options = command.usage.options || {}
+                command.usage.options = {
+                    ...command.usage.options,
+                    ... default_options
+                }
                 command.printUsage = () => printCommandUsage(command)
                 let run_command = command.run
                 command.run = (args) => {
diff --git a/src/logging.js b/src/logging.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd49254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/logging.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+function log(logger, prefix, data) {
+    logger(`[${prefix}]`, ...data)
+}
+
+
+module.exports.init = (loglevel) => {
+    console.debug = loglevel >= 1 ? function() { log(console.log, 'debug', arguments) } : () => {}
+    console.trace = loglevel >= 2 ? function() { log(console.log, 'trace', arguments) } : () => {}
+}
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diff --git a/tests/cmd.version.test.js b/tests/cmd.version.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 12e971c..0000000
--- a/tests/cmd.version.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-const assert = require('assert').strict
-const loader = require('../src/loader')
-const expect = require('chai').expect
-
-const commands = loader.load()
-const version_cmd = commands.version
-
-describe("version command [not verbose]", () => {
-    it('should return only the version', () => {
-        let result = version_cmd.run({}) 
-        expect(result).to.have.own.property('version')
-        expect(result).to.not.have.own.property('name')
-        expect(result).to.not.have.own.property('description')
-    })
-})
-
-describe("version command [verbose]", () => {
-    it('should return version, name and description', () => {
-        let result = version_cmd.run({ verbose: true }) 
-        expect(result).to.have.own.property('version')
-        expect(result).to.have.own.property('name')
-        expect(result).to.have.own.property('description')
-
-        result = version_cmd.run({ v: true }) 
-        expect(result).to.have.own.property('version')
-        expect(result).to.have.own.property('name')
-        expect(result).to.have.own.property('description')
-    })
-})
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