diff --git a/utils/websocket.c b/utils/websocket.c
index d5ad5aa..1402abf 100644
--- a/utils/websocket.c
+++ b/utils/websocket.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ unsigned int bufsize, dbufsize;
 settings_t settings;
 
 void traffic(char * token) {
-    if ((! settings.daemon) && (! settings.multiprocess)) {
+    if ((settings.verbose) && (! settings.daemon)) {
         fprintf(stdout, "%s", token);
         fflush(stdout);
     }
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ void daemonize(int keepfd) {
     for (i=getdtablesize(); i>=0; --i) {
         if (i != keepfd) {
             close(i);
-        } else {
+        } else if (settings.verbose) {
             printf("keeping fd %d\n", keepfd);
         }
     }
@@ -480,21 +480,16 @@ void start_server() {
         daemonize(lsock);
     }
 
-    if (settings.multiprocess) {
-        printf("Waiting for connections on %s:%d\n",
-                settings.listen_host, settings.listen_port);
-        // Reep zombies
-        signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
-    }
+    // Reep zombies
+    signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
+
+    printf("Waiting for connections on %s:%d\n",
+            settings.listen_host, settings.listen_port);
 
     while (1) {
         clilen = sizeof(cli_addr);
         pipe_error = 0;
         pid = 0;
-        if (! settings.multiprocess) {
-            printf("Waiting for connection on %s:%d\n",
-                   settings.listen_host, settings.listen_port);
-        }
         csock = accept(lsock, 
                        (struct sockaddr *) &cli_addr, 
                        &clilen);
@@ -508,21 +503,15 @@ void start_server() {
          *    20 for WS '\x00' / '\xff' and good measure  */
         dbufsize = (bufsize * 3)/4 - 20;
 
-        if (settings.multiprocess) {
-            handler_msg("forking handler process\n");
-            pid = fork();
-        }
+        handler_msg("forking handler process\n");
+        pid = fork();
 
         if (pid == 0) {  // handler process
             ws_ctx = do_handshake(csock);
             if (ws_ctx == NULL) {
                 close(csock);
-                if (settings.multiprocess) {
-                    handler_msg("No connection after handshake");
-                    break;   // Child process exits
-                } else {
-                    continue;
-                }
+                handler_msg("No connection after handshake");
+                break;   // Child process exits
             }
 
             settings.handler(ws_ctx);
@@ -530,10 +519,8 @@ void start_server() {
                 handler_emsg("Closing due to SIGPIPE\n");
             }
             close(csock);
-            if (settings.multiprocess) {
-                handler_msg("handler exit\n");
-                break;   // Child process exits
-            }
+            handler_msg("handler exit\n");
+            break;   // Child process exits
         } else {         // parent process
             settings.handler_id += 1;
         }
diff --git a/utils/websocket.h b/utils/websocket.h
index 3246d73..5102a0f 100644
--- a/utils/websocket.h
+++ b/utils/websocket.h
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ typedef struct {
 } ws_ctx_t;
 
 typedef struct {
+    int verbose;
     char listen_host[256];
     int listen_port;
     void (*handler)(ws_ctx_t*);
     int handler_id;
     int ssl_only;
     int daemon;
-    int multiprocess;
     char *record;
     char *cert;
 } settings_t;
@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ ssize_t ws_send(ws_ctx_t *ctx, const void *buf, size_t len);
 
 #define gen_handler_msg(stream, ...) \
     if (! settings.daemon) { \
-        if (settings.multiprocess) { \
-            fprintf(stream, "  %d: ", settings.handler_id); \
-        } else { \
-            fprintf(stream, "  "); \
-        } \
+        fprintf(stream, "  %d: ", settings.handler_id); \
         fprintf(stream, __VA_ARGS__); \
     }
 
diff --git a/utils/websocket.py b/utils/websocket.py
index 4011d74..d63785d 100755
--- a/utils/websocket.py
+++ b/utils/websocket.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from urlparse import urlsplit
 from cgi import parse_qsl
 
 settings = {
+    'verbose'     : False,
     'listen_host' : '',
     'listen_port' : None,
     'handler'     : None,
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ settings = {
     'cert'        : None,
     'ssl_only'    : False,
     'daemon'      : True,
-    'multiprocess': False,
     'record'      : None, }
 
 server_handshake = """HTTP/1.1 101 Web Socket Protocol Handshake\r
@@ -47,16 +47,13 @@ class EClose(Exception):
     pass
 
 def traffic(token="."):
-    if not settings['daemon'] and not settings['multiprocess']:
+    if settings['verbose'] and not settings['daemon']:
         sys.stdout.write(token)
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
 def handler_msg(msg):
     if not settings['daemon']:
-        if settings['multiprocess']:
-            print "  %d: %s" % (settings['handler_id'], msg)
-        else:
-            print "  %s" % msg
+        print "  %d: %s" % (settings['handler_id'], msg)
 
 def encode(buf):
     buf = b64encode(buf)
@@ -172,7 +169,7 @@ def daemonize(keepfd=None):
         try:
             if fd != keepfd:
                 os.close(fd)
-            else:
+            elif settings['verbose']:
                 print "Keeping fd: %d" % fd
         except OSError, exc:
             if exc.errno != errno.EBADF: raise
@@ -193,34 +190,27 @@ def start_server():
     if settings['daemon']:
         daemonize(keepfd=lsock.fileno())
 
-    if settings['multiprocess']:
-        print 'Waiting for connections on %s:%s' % (
-                settings['listen_host'], settings['listen_port'])
-        # Reep zombies
-        signal.signal(signal.SIGCHLD, signal.SIG_IGN)
+    # Reep zombies
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGCHLD, signal.SIG_IGN)
+
+    print 'Waiting for connections on %s:%s' % (
+            settings['listen_host'], settings['listen_port'])
 
     while True:
         try:
             csock = startsock = None
             pid = 0
-            if not settings['multiprocess']:
-                print 'Waiting for connection on %s:%s' % (
-                        settings['listen_host'], settings['listen_port'])
             startsock, address = lsock.accept()
             handler_msg('got client connection from %s' % address[0])
 
-            if settings['multiprocess']:
-                handler_msg("forking handler process")
-                pid = os.fork()
+            handler_msg("forking handler process")
+            pid = os.fork()
 
             if pid == 0:  # handler process
                 csock = do_handshake(startsock)
                 if not csock:
-                    if settings['multiprocess']:
-                        handler_msg("No connection after handshake");
-                        break
-                    else:
-                        continue
+                    handler_msg("No connection after handshake");
+                    break
                 settings['handler'](csock)
             else:         # parent process
                 settings['handler_id'] += 1
@@ -234,5 +224,4 @@ def start_server():
         if pid == 0:
             if csock: csock.close()
             if startsock and startsock != csock: startsock.close()
-
-            if settings['multiprocess']: break # Child process exits
+            break # Child process exits
diff --git a/utils/wsproxy.c b/utils/wsproxy.c
index 27755de..928b2ee 100644
--- a/utils/wsproxy.c
+++ b/utils/wsproxy.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void proxy_handler(ws_ctx_t *ws_ctx) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if ((! settings.daemon) && (! settings.multiprocess)) {
+    if ((settings.verbose) && (! settings.daemon)) {
         printf("%s", traffic_legend);
     }
 
@@ -242,12 +242,12 @@ void proxy_handler(ws_ctx_t *ws_ctx) {
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int fd, c, option_index = 0;
-    static int ssl_only = 0, foreground = 0, multi = 0;
+    static int ssl_only = 0, foreground = 0, verbose = 0;
     char *found;
     static struct option long_options[] = {
+        {"verbose",    no_argument,       &verbose,    'v'},
         {"ssl-only",   no_argument,       &ssl_only,    1 },
         {"foreground", no_argument,       &foreground, 'f'},
-        {"multiprocess", no_argument,     &multi,      'm'},
         /* ---- */
         {"cert",       required_argument, 0,           'c'},
         {0, 0, 0, 0}
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     settings.cert = realpath("self.pem", NULL);
 
     while (1) {
-        c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "fmc:",
+        c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "vfc:",
                          long_options, &option_index);
 
         /* Detect the end */
@@ -267,12 +267,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 break; // ignore
             case 1:
                 break; // ignore
+            case 'v':
+                verbose = 1;
+                break;
             case 'f':
                 foreground = 1;
                 break;
-            case 'm':
-                multi = 1;
-                break;
             case 'r':
                 if ((fd = open(optarg, O_CREAT,
                                S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH)) < -1) {
@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 usage("");
         }
     }
+    settings.verbose      = verbose;
     settings.ssl_only     = ssl_only;
     settings.daemon       = foreground ? 0: 1;
-    settings.multiprocess = multi;
 
     if ((argc-optind) != 2) {
         usage("Invalid number of arguments\n");
@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
+    //printf("  verbose: %d\n",   settings.verbose);
     //printf("  ssl_only: %d\n", settings.ssl_only);
     //printf("  daemon: %d\n",   settings.daemon);
-    //printf("  multiproces: %d\n",   settings.multiprocess);
     //printf("  cert: %s\n",     settings.cert);
 
     settings.handler = proxy_handler; 
diff --git a/utils/wsproxy.py b/utils/wsproxy.py
index dfa3dde..0d1a68f 100755
--- a/utils/wsproxy.py
+++ b/utils/wsproxy.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def proxy_handler(client):
     tsock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
     tsock.connect((target_host, target_port))
 
-    if not settings['daemon'] and not settings['multiprocess']:
+    if settings['verbose'] and not settings['daemon']:
         print traffic_legend
 
     try:
@@ -128,14 +128,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     usage = "%prog [--record FILE]"
     usage += " [source_addr:]source_port target_addr:target_port"
     parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage)
+    parser.add_option("--verbose", "-v", action="store_true",
+            help="verbose messages and per frame traffic")
     parser.add_option("--record",
             help="record session to a file", metavar="FILE")
     parser.add_option("--foreground", "-f",
             dest="daemon", default=True, action="store_false",
             help="stay in foreground, do not daemonize")
-    parser.add_option("--multiprocess", "-m",
-            dest="multiprocess", action="store_true",
-            help="fork handler processes")
     parser.add_option("--ssl-only", action="store_true",
             help="disallow non-encrypted connections")
     parser.add_option("--cert", default="self.pem",
@@ -160,13 +159,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if options.ssl_only and not os.path.exists(options.cert):
         parser.error("SSL only and %s not found" % options.cert)
 
+    settings['verbose'] = options.verbose
     settings['listen_host'] = host
     settings['listen_port'] = port
     settings['handler'] = proxy_handler
     settings['cert'] = os.path.abspath(options.cert)
     settings['ssl_only'] = options.ssl_only
     settings['daemon'] = options.daemon
-    settings['multiprocess'] = options.multiprocess
     if options.record:
         settings['record'] = os.path.abspath(options.record)
     start_server()