diff --git a/hbd/hbc.py b/hbd/hbc.py
index 95792ef..bdaf88b 100755
--- a/hbd/hbc.py
+++ b/hbd/hbc.py
@@ -515,15 +515,17 @@ def main(argv=None):
         msgonly = True
     if args.name:
         iam = args.name
+        cmdargs += ["-n", iam]
     if args.daemon:
         fdaemon = True
     if args.verbose:
         verbose = True
+        cmdargs.append("--verbose")
     if args.debug:
         config.setdefault("debug", 0)
         config["debug"] += args.debug
+        cmdargs.append("-" + "x" * args.debug) 
 
-    cmdargs += argv
     if verbose:
         print("cmdargs for restart are %s" % cmdargs)