diff --git a/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakDeployment.java b/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakDeployment.java
index ba4d6627e9..94667bba1a 100644
--- a/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakDeployment.java
+++ b/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakDeployment.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class KeycloakDeployment extends OperatorManagedResource<StatefulSet> imp
             containerBuilder.withImagePullPolicy(operatorConfig.keycloak().imagePullPolicy());
         }
         if (Optional.ofNullable(containerBuilder.getArgs()).orElse(List.of()).isEmpty()) {
-            containerBuilder.withArgs("start");
+            containerBuilder.withArgs("--verbose", "start");
         }
         if (customImage.isPresent()) {
             containerBuilder.addToArgs("--optimized");
diff --git a/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakRealmImportJob.java b/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakRealmImportJob.java
index e3526d3738..f52eb7c15e 100644
--- a/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakRealmImportJob.java
+++ b/operator/src/main/java/org/keycloak/operator/controllers/KeycloakRealmImportJob.java
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ public class KeycloakRealmImportJob extends OperatorManagedResource {
 
         var override = "--override=false";
 
-        var runBuild = (keycloak.getSpec().getImage() == null) ? "/opt/keycloak/bin/kc.sh build && " : "";
+        var runBuild = (keycloak.getSpec().getImage() == null) ? "/opt/keycloak/bin/kc.sh --verbose build && " : "";
 
         var commandArgs = List.of("-c",
-                runBuild + "/opt/keycloak/bin/kc.sh import --optimized --file='" + importMntPath + getRealmName() + "-realm.json' " + override);
+                runBuild + "/opt/keycloak/bin/kc.sh --verbose import --optimized --file='" + importMntPath + getRealmName() + "-realm.json' " + override);
 
         keycloakContainer
                 .setCommand(command);
diff --git a/operator/src/test/java/org/keycloak/operator/testsuite/integration/KeycloakDeploymentTest.java b/operator/src/test/java/org/keycloak/operator/testsuite/integration/KeycloakDeploymentTest.java
index 5bb206fa1f..0ff70602fe 100644
--- a/operator/src/test/java/org/keycloak/operator/testsuite/integration/KeycloakDeploymentTest.java
+++ b/operator/src/test/java/org/keycloak/operator/testsuite/integration/KeycloakDeploymentTest.java
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ public class KeycloakDeploymentTest extends BaseOperatorTest {
                     .list()
                     .getItems();
 
-            assertThat(pods.get(0).getSpec().getContainers().get(0).getArgs()).containsExactly("start", "--optimized");
+            assertThat(pods.get(0).getSpec().getContainers().get(0).getArgs()).containsExactly("--verbose", "start", "--optimized");
         } catch (Exception e) {
             savePodLogs();
             throw e;
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ public class KeycloakDeploymentTest extends BaseOperatorTest {
                     .list()
                     .getItems();
 
-            assertThat(pods.get(0).getSpec().getContainers().get(0).getArgs()).containsExactly("start", "--optimized");
+            assertThat(pods.get(0).getSpec().getContainers().get(0).getArgs()).containsExactly("--verbose", "start", "--optimized");
             assertThat(pods.get(0).getSpec().getImagePullSecrets().size()).isEqualTo(1);
             assertThat(pods.get(0).getSpec().getImagePullSecrets().get(0).getName()).isEqualTo(imagePullSecretName);