diff --git a/builder/files/config.toml b/builder/files/config.toml
index 0f2919807f..215acc5612 100644
--- a/builder/files/config.toml
+++ b/builder/files/config.toml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 chain = "mainnet"
 # chain = "mumbai"
-# identity = "Pratiks-MacBook-Pro.local"
-# log-level = "INFO"
+# identity = "Annon-Identity"
+# verbosity = 3
 datadir = "/var/lib/bor/data"
 # ancient = ""
 # keystore = "/var/lib/bor/keystore"
diff --git a/docs/cli/bootnode.md b/docs/cli/bootnode.md
index 064de39014..e4111160a0 100644
--- a/docs/cli/bootnode.md
+++ b/docs/cli/bootnode.md
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 - ```v5```: Enable UDP v5 (default: false)
 
-- ```log-level```: Log level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|crit) (default: info)
+- ```verbosity```: Logging verbosity (5=trace|4=debug|3=info|2=warn|1=error|0=crit) (default: 3)
+
+- ```log-level```: log level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|crit), will be deprecated soon. Use verbosity instead (default: info)
 
 - ```nat```: port mapping mechanism (any|none|upnp|pmp|extip:<IP>) (default: none)
 
diff --git a/docs/cli/example_config.toml b/docs/cli/example_config.toml
index 64ef60ae12..9ed37da92d 100644
--- a/docs/cli/example_config.toml
+++ b/docs/cli/example_config.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 chain = "mainnet"            # Name of the chain to sync ("mumbai", "mainnet") or path to a genesis file
 identity = "Annon-Identity"  # Name/Identity of the node (default = OS hostname)
-log-level = "INFO"           # Set log level for the server
+verbosity = 3           # Logging verbosity for the server (5=trace|4=debug|3=info|2=warn|1=error|0=crit) (`log-level` was replaced by `verbosity`, and thus will be deprecated soon)
 datadir = "var/lib/bor"      # Path of the data directory to store information
 ancient = ""                 # Data directory for ancient chain segments (default = inside chaindata)
 keystore = ""                # Path of the directory where keystores are located
diff --git a/docs/cli/server.md b/docs/cli/server.md
index 5bc0ff1024..49c7114781 100644
--- a/docs/cli/server.md
+++ b/docs/cli/server.md
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The ```bor server``` command runs the Bor client.
 
 - ```identity```: Name/Identity of the node
 
-- ```log-level```: Set log level for the server (default: INFO)
+- ```verbosity```: Logging verbosity for the server (5=trace|4=debug|3=info|2=warn|1=error|0=crit), default = 3 (default: 3)
+
+- ```log-level```: Log level for the server (trace|debug|info|warn|error|crit), will be deprecated soon. Use verbosity instead
 
 - ```datadir```: Path of the data directory to store information
 
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ The ```bor server``` command runs the Bor client.
 
 - ```bor.heimdallgRPC```: Address of Heimdall gRPC service
 
+- ```bor.runheimdall```: Run Heimdall service as a child process (default: false)
+
+- ```bor.runheimdallargs```: Arguments to pass to Heimdall service
+
 - ```ethstats```: Reporting URL of a ethstats service (nodename:secret@host:port)
 
 - ```gpo.blocks```: Number of recent blocks to check for gas prices (default: 20)
diff --git a/internal/cli/bootnode.go b/internal/cli/bootnode.go
index d1dc1c2fd9..e6c8b33665 100644
--- a/internal/cli/bootnode.go
+++ b/internal/cli/bootnode.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/cli/flagset"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/cli/server"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/discover"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ type BootnodeCommand struct {
 
 	listenAddr string
 	v5         bool
+	verbosity  int
 	logLevel   string
 	nat        string
 	nodeKey    string
@@ -64,10 +66,16 @@ func (b *BootnodeCommand) Flags() *flagset.Flagset {
 		Usage:   "Enable UDP v5",
 		Value:   &b.v5,
 	})
+	flags.IntFlag(&flagset.IntFlag{
+		Name:    "verbosity",
+		Default: 3,
+		Usage:   "Logging verbosity (5=trace|4=debug|3=info|2=warn|1=error|0=crit)",
+		Value:   &b.verbosity,
+	})
 	flags.StringFlag(&flagset.StringFlag{
 		Name:    "log-level",
 		Default: "info",
-		Usage:   "Log level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|crit)",
+		Usage:   "log level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|crit), will be deprecated soon. Use verbosity instead",
 		Value:   &b.logLevel,
 	})
 	flags.StringFlag(&flagset.StringFlag{
@@ -114,7 +122,18 @@ func (b *BootnodeCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	glogger := log.NewGlogHandler(log.StreamHandler(os.Stderr, log.TerminalFormat(false)))
 
-	lvl, err := log.LvlFromString(strings.ToLower(b.logLevel))
+	var logInfo string
+
+	if b.verbosity != 0 && b.logLevel != "" {
+		b.UI.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Both verbosity and log-level provided, using verbosity: %v", b.verbosity))
+		logInfo = server.VerbosityIntToString(b.verbosity)
+	} else if b.verbosity != 0 {
+		logInfo = server.VerbosityIntToString(b.verbosity)
+	} else {
+		logInfo = b.logLevel
+	}
+
+	lvl, err := log.LvlFromString(strings.ToLower(logInfo))
 	if err == nil {
 		glogger.Verbosity(lvl)
 	} else {
diff --git a/internal/cli/server/command.go b/internal/cli/server/command.go
index 9dc5f2e3af..0b66859503 100644
--- a/internal/cli/server/command.go
+++ b/internal/cli/server/command.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/maticnetwork/heimdall/cmd/heimdalld/service"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	"github.com/pelletier/go-toml"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 )
@@ -90,6 +91,32 @@ func (c *Command) extractFlags(args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// nolint: nestif
+	// check for log-level and verbosity here
+	if c.configFile != "" {
+		data, _ := toml.LoadFile(c.configFile)
+		if data.Has("verbosity") && data.Has("log-level") {
+			log.Warn("Config contains both, verbosity and log-level, log-level will be deprecated soon. Use verbosity only.", "using", data.Get("verbosity"))
+		} else if !data.Has("verbosity") && data.Has("log-level") {
+			log.Warn("Config contains log-level only, note that log-level will be deprecated soon. Use verbosity instead.", "using", data.Get("log-level"))
+			config.Verbosity = VerbosityStringToInt(strings.ToLower(data.Get("log-level").(string)))
+		}
+	} else {
+		tempFlag := 0
+		for _, val := range args {
+			if (strings.HasPrefix(val, "-verbosity") || strings.HasPrefix(val, "--verbosity")) && config.LogLevel != "" {
+				tempFlag = 1
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if tempFlag == 1 {
+			log.Warn("Both, verbosity and log-level flags are provided, log-level will be deprecated soon. Use verbosity only.", "using", config.Verbosity)
+		} else if tempFlag == 0 && config.LogLevel != "" {
+			log.Warn("Only log-level flag is provided, note that log-level will be deprecated soon. Use verbosity instead.", "using", config.LogLevel)
+			config.Verbosity = VerbosityStringToInt(strings.ToLower(config.LogLevel))
+		}
+	}
+
 	c.config = &config
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/cli/server/config.go b/internal/cli/server/config.go
index 52461d9306..5ce0e26d01 100644
--- a/internal/cli/server/config.go
+++ b/internal/cli/server/config.go
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// RequiredBlocks is a list of required (block number, hash) pairs to accept
 	RequiredBlocks map[string]string `hcl:"eth.requiredblocks,optional" toml:"eth.requiredblocks,optional"`
 
+	// Verbosity is the level of the logs to put out
+	Verbosity int `hcl:"verbosity,optional" toml:"verbosity,optional"`
+
 	// LogLevel is the level of the logs to put out
 	LogLevel string `hcl:"log-level,optional" toml:"log-level,optional"`
 
@@ -445,7 +448,8 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 		Chain:          "mainnet",
 		Identity:       Hostname(),
 		RequiredBlocks: map[string]string{},
-		LogLevel:       "INFO",
+		Verbosity:      3,
+		LogLevel:       "",
 		DataDir:        DefaultDataDir(),
 		Ancient:        "",
 		P2P: &P2PConfig{
diff --git a/internal/cli/server/flags.go b/internal/cli/server/flags.go
index e52077da97..1d6425c303 100644
--- a/internal/cli/server/flags.go
+++ b/internal/cli/server/flags.go
@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@ func (c *Command) Flags() *flagset.Flagset {
 		Default:            c.cliConfig.Identity,
 		HideDefaultFromDoc: true,
 	})
+	f.IntFlag(&flagset.IntFlag{
+		Name:    "verbosity",
+		Usage:   "Logging verbosity for the server (5=trace|4=debug|3=info|2=warn|1=error|0=crit), default = 3",
+		Value:   &c.cliConfig.Verbosity,
+		Default: c.cliConfig.Verbosity,
+	})
 	f.StringFlag(&flagset.StringFlag{
 		Name:    "log-level",
-		Usage:   "Set log level for the server",
+		Usage:   "Log level for the server (trace|debug|info|warn|error|crit), will be deprecated soon. Use verbosity instead",
 		Value:   &c.cliConfig.LogLevel,
 		Default: c.cliConfig.LogLevel,
 	})
diff --git a/internal/cli/server/server.go b/internal/cli/server/server.go
index f0cea4de06..69ac08e993 100644
--- a/internal/cli/server/server.go
+++ b/internal/cli/server/server.go
@@ -68,6 +68,32 @@ func WithGRPCListener(lis net.Listener) serverOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func VerbosityIntToString(verbosity int) string {
+	mapIntToString := map[int]string{
+		5: "trace",
+		4: "debug",
+		3: "info",
+		2: "warn",
+		1: "error",
+		0: "crit",
+	}
+
+	return mapIntToString[verbosity]
+}
+
+func VerbosityStringToInt(loglevel string) int {
+	mapStringToInt := map[string]int{
+		"trace": 5,
+		"debug": 4,
+		"info":  3,
+		"warn":  2,
+		"error": 1,
+		"crit":  0,
+	}
+
+	return mapStringToInt[loglevel]
+}
+
 //nolint:gocognit
 func NewServer(config *Config, opts ...serverOption) (*Server, error) {
 	srv := &Server{
@@ -75,7 +101,7 @@ func NewServer(config *Config, opts ...serverOption) (*Server, error) {
 	}
 
 	// start the logger
-	setupLogger(config.LogLevel)
+	setupLogger(VerbosityIntToString(config.Verbosity))
 
 	var err error
 
diff --git a/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/archive/config.toml b/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/archive/config.toml
index 9eaafd3bee..387c90c7ce 100644
--- a/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/archive/config.toml
+++ b/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/archive/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 chain = "mainnet"
 # identity = "node_name"
-# log-level = "INFO"
+# verbosity = 3
 datadir = "/var/lib/bor/data"
 # ancient = ""
 # keystore = ""
diff --git a/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/sentry/sentry/bor/config.toml b/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/sentry/sentry/bor/config.toml
index 94dd6634f0..2e712ae912 100644
--- a/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/sentry/sentry/bor/config.toml
+++ b/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/sentry/sentry/bor/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 chain = "mainnet"
 # identity = "node_name"
-# log-level = "INFO"
+# verbosity = 3
 datadir = "/var/lib/bor/data"
 # ancient = ""
 # keystore = ""
diff --git a/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/sentry/validator/bor/config.toml b/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/sentry/validator/bor/config.toml
index 9c55683c96..4402250e5e 100644
--- a/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/sentry/validator/bor/config.toml
+++ b/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/sentry/validator/bor/config.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 chain = "mainnet"
 # identity = "node_name"
-# log-level = "INFO"
+# verbosity = 3
 datadir = "/var/lib/bor/data"
 # ancient = ""
 # keystore = "$BOR_DIR/keystore"
diff --git a/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/without-sentry/bor/config.toml b/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/without-sentry/bor/config.toml
index 573f1f3be8..34d712395d 100644
--- a/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/without-sentry/bor/config.toml
+++ b/packaging/templates/mainnet-v1/without-sentry/bor/config.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 chain = "mainnet"
 # identity = "node_name"
-# log-level = "INFO"
+# verbosity = 3
 datadir = "/var/lib/bor/data"
 # ancient = ""
 # keystore = "$BOR_DIR/keystore"
diff --git a/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/archive/config.toml b/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/archive/config.toml
index 1762fdf117..b6156e5482 100644
--- a/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/archive/config.toml
+++ b/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/archive/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 chain = "mumbai"
 # identity = "node_name"
-# log-level = "INFO"
+# verbosity = 3
 datadir = "/var/lib/bor/data"
 # ancient = ""
 # keystore = ""
diff --git a/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/sentry/sentry/bor/config.toml b/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/sentry/sentry/bor/config.toml
index ae191cec2c..efad8735c7 100644
--- a/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/sentry/sentry/bor/config.toml
+++ b/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/sentry/sentry/bor/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 chain = "mumbai"
 # identity = "node_name"
-# log-level = "INFO"
+# verbosity = 3
 datadir = "/var/lib/bor/data"
 # ancient = ""
 # keystore = ""
diff --git a/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/sentry/validator/bor/config.toml b/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/sentry/validator/bor/config.toml
index b441cc137d..adfe245511 100644
--- a/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/sentry/validator/bor/config.toml
+++ b/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/sentry/validator/bor/config.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 chain = "mumbai"
 # identity = "node_name"
-# log-level = "INFO"
+# verbosity = 3
 datadir = "/var/lib/bor/data"
 # ancient = ""
 # keystore = "$BOR_DIR/keystore"
diff --git a/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/without-sentry/bor/config.toml b/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/without-sentry/bor/config.toml
index 05a254e184..9ad2a6828a 100644
--- a/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/without-sentry/bor/config.toml
+++ b/packaging/templates/testnet-v4/without-sentry/bor/config.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 chain = "mumbai"
 # identity = "node_name"
-# log-level = "INFO"
+# verbosity = 3
 datadir = "/var/lib/bor/data"
 # ancient = ""
 # keystore = "$BOR_DIR/keystore"
diff --git a/scripts/getconfig.go b/scripts/getconfig.go
index 09026a2479..0d44a84016 100644
--- a/scripts/getconfig.go
+++ b/scripts/getconfig.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ var flagMap = map[string][]string{
 var nameTagMap = map[string]string{
 	"chain":                   "chain",
 	"identity":                "identity",
-	"log-level":               "log-level",
+	"verbosity":               "verbosity",
 	"datadir":                 "datadir",
 	"keystore":                "keystore",
 	"syncmode":                "syncmode",
@@ -215,15 +215,15 @@ var replacedFlagsMapFlagAndValue = map[string]map[string]map[string]string{
 	},
 	"verbosity": {
 		"flag": {
-			"verbosity": "log-level",
+			"verbosity": "verbosity",
 		},
 		"value": {
-			"0": "SILENT",
+			"0": "CRIT",
 			"1": "ERROR",
 			"2": "WARN",
 			"3": "INFO",
 			"4": "DEBUG",
-			"5": "DETAIL",
+			"5": "TRACE",
 		},
 	},
 }