diff --git a/cmd/commands/ping.go b/cmd/commands/ping.go
index beb6a83..a09c1a9 100644
--- a/cmd/commands/ping.go
+++ b/cmd/commands/ping.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	cobra "github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ func PingCommand(parentCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	address := ping.Flags().StringP("address", "a", "localhost:7070", "remote address of your time trace instance.")
 	username := ping.Flags().StringP("username", "u", "root", "username of the user you are going to connect with.")
 	password := ping.Flags().StringP("password", "p", "", "password of user trying to connect with.")
+	verbose := ping.Flags().BoolP("verbose", "v", false, "verbose mode.")
 
 	ping.Run = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", *address)
@@ -30,12 +32,20 @@ func PingCommand(parentCmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 		do(conn, conQuery)
 
+		details := ""
+
+		t := time.Now()
 		response := do(conn, "PING")
+
+		if *verbose {
+			details = fmt.Sprintf("It toked %v to get the response", time.Since(t).Abs().String())
+		}
+
 		if response == "PONG" {
-			cmd.Println("PONG, everything is ok.")
+			cmd.Printf("PONG, everything is ok.\n%s\n", details)
 			os.Exit(0)
 		} else {
-			ExitOnError(cmd, fmt.Errorf("something went wrong: %v", response))
+			ExitOnError(cmd, fmt.Errorf("something went wrong: %v\n%s", response, details))
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/commands/repl.go b/cmd/commands/repl.go
index a7676a5..f4da40b 100644
--- a/cmd/commands/repl.go
+++ b/cmd/commands/repl.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/peterh/liner"
 	cobra "github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -100,29 +99,6 @@ func ConnectCommand(parentCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	}
 }
 
-func do(conn net.Conn, q string) string {
-	resBuf := make([]byte, 1024)
-	query := []byte(q)
-
-	if len(query) < 1 {
-		return "INVALID"
-	}
-
-	_, err := conn.Write(query)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err.Error()
-	}
-
-	time.Sleep(time.Second * 1)
-
-	n, err := conn.Read(resBuf)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err.Error()
-	}
-
-	return string(resBuf[:n])
-}
-
 func cleanTerminal() {
 	cf, ok := clear[runtime.GOOS]
 	if ok {
diff --git a/cmd/commands/util.go b/cmd/commands/util.go
index 2f2ec1a..c3352c8 100644
--- a/cmd/commands/util.go
+++ b/cmd/commands/util.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"net"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -10,3 +11,25 @@ func ExitOnError(cmd *cobra.Command, err error) {
 	cmd.PrintErrln(err)
 	os.Exit(1)
 }
+
+func do(conn net.Conn, q string) string {
+	resBuf := make([]byte, 1024)
+
+	query := []byte(q)
+
+	if len(query) < 1 {
+		return "INVALID"
+	}
+
+	_, err := conn.Write(query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err.Error()
+	}
+
+	n, err := conn.Read(resBuf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err.Error()
+	}
+
+	return string(resBuf[:n])
+}