diff --git a/remix-tests/package.json b/remix-tests/package.json
index a7ecf7e529..df2d3cab1f 100644
--- a/remix-tests/package.json
+++ b/remix-tests/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
     "signale": "^1.2.1",
     "solc": "^0.4.24",
     "standard": "^10.0.3",
-    "web3": "1.0.0-beta.27"
+    "web3": "1.0.0-beta.27",
+    "winston": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "^5.1.0"
diff --git a/remix-tests/src/index.js b/remix-tests/src/index.js
index d5e86afc6c..0bd322382d 100644
--- a/remix-tests/src/index.js
+++ b/remix-tests/src/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ const Web3 = require('web3')
 const Provider = require('remix-simulator').Provider
 
 var createWeb3Provider = function () {
-  signale.info('Creating providers')
   let web3 = new Web3()
   web3.setProvider(new Provider())
   return web3
diff --git a/remix-tests/src/logger.js b/remix-tests/src/logger.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6dc6253bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remix-tests/src/logger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+var gray = require('ansi-gray')
+const winston = require('winston')
+var timestamp = require('time-stamp')
+var supportsColor = require('color-support')
+
+function hasFlag (flag) {
+  return ((typeof (process) !== 'undefined') && (process.argv.indexOf('--' + flag) !== -1))
+}
+
+function addColor (str) {
+  if (hasFlag('no-color')) {
+    return str
+  }
+
+  if (hasFlag('color')) {
+    return gray(str)
+  }
+
+  if (supportsColor()) {
+    return gray(str)
+  }
+
+  return str
+}
+function getTimestamp () {
+  return '[' + addColor(timestamp('HH:mm:ss')) + ']'
+}
+// create winston logger format
+const logFmt = winston.format.printf((info) => {
+  return `${getTimestamp()} ${info.level}: ${info.message}`
+})
+
+class Log {
+  constructor () {
+    this.logger = winston.createLogger({
+      level: 'error',
+      transports: [new winston.transports.Console()],
+      format: winston.format.combine(
+        winston.format.colorize({ all: true }),
+        logFmt
+      )
+    })
+  }
+  setVerbosity (v) {
+    this.logger.configure({
+      level: v,
+      transports: [new winston.transports.Console()],
+      format: winston.format.combine(
+        winston.format.colorize({ all: true }),
+        logFmt
+      )
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  Log
+}
diff --git a/remix-tests/src/run.js b/remix-tests/src/run.js
index 5793c1210d..c06c1aace5 100644
--- a/remix-tests/src/run.js
+++ b/remix-tests/src/run.js
@@ -2,35 +2,48 @@ const commander = require('commander')
 const Web3 = require('web3')
 const RemixTests = require('./index.js')
 const fs = require('fs')
-const { Signale } = require('signale')
 const Provider = require('remix-simulator').Provider
+const { Log } = require('./logger.js')
+const logger = new Log()
+const log = logger.logger
 require('colors')
 
-// signale configuration
-const options = {
-  types: {
-    greet: {
-      badge: '\n👁',
-      label: '',
-      color: 'yellow'
-    }
+// parse verbosity
+function mapVerbosity (v) {
+  const levels = {
+    0: 'error',
+    1: 'warn',
+    2: 'info',
+    3: 'verbose',
+    4: 'debug',
+    5: 'silly'
   }
+  return levels[v]
 }
-const signale = new Signale(options)
-
-commander.action(function (filename) {
-  signale.greet(('Running remix-tests: Unit testing for solidity.\n').yellow)
-  let web3 = new Web3()
-  // web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://localhost:8545'))
-  web3.setProvider(new Provider())
-  // web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.WebsocketProvider('ws://localhost:8546'))
+// get current version
+const pjson = require('../package.json')
+commander
+  .version(pjson.version)
+  .option('-v, --verbose <level>', 'run with verbosity', mapVerbosity)
+  .action(function (filename) {
+    // Console message
+    console.log(('\n\t👁 :: Running remix-tests - Unit testing for solidity :: 👁\t\n').white)
+    // set logger verbosity
+    if (commander.verbose) {
+      logger.setVerbosity(commander.verbose)
+      log.info('verbosity level set to ' + commander.verbose.blue)
+    }
+    let web3 = new Web3()
+    // web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://localhost:8545'))
+    web3.setProvider(new Provider())
+    // web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.WebsocketProvider('ws://localhost:8546'))
 
-  let isDirectory = fs.lstatSync(filename).isDirectory()
-  RemixTests.runTestFiles(filename, isDirectory, web3)
-})
+    let isDirectory = fs.lstatSync(filename).isDirectory()
+    RemixTests.runTestFiles(filename, isDirectory, web3)
+  })
 
 if (!process.argv.slice(2).length) {
-  signale.fatal('Please specify a filename')
+  log.error('Please specify a filename')
   process.exit()
 }