diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e2203b..c75c379 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+* Fixed `verbose` bug.
+
 ### Removed
 
 
diff --git a/src/compas_ifc/file.py b/src/compas_ifc/file.py
index 0f6c988..696a796 100644
--- a/src/compas_ifc/file.py
+++ b/src/compas_ifc/file.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 class IFCFile(object):
     def __init__(self, model, filepath=None, schema="IFC4", use_occ=False, load_geometries=True, verbose=True):
+
+        self.verbose = verbose
         self.ensure_classes_generated()
         self._entitymap = {}
         self._geometrymap = {}
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ def __init__(self, model, filepath=None, schema="IFC4", use_occ=False, load_geom
         self.filepath = filepath
         self.model = model
         self.use_occ = use_occ
-        self.verbose = verbose
         if filepath is None:
             self._file = ifcopenshell.file(schema=schema)
             if self.verbose: