diff --git a/src/suou/__init__.py b/src/suou/__init__.py
index aa24d72..f3b420f 100644
--- a/src/suou/__init__.py
+++ b/src/suou/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from .color import OKLabColor, chalk, WebColor, RGBColor, LinearRGBColor, \
 from .mat import Matrix
 from .argparse import LetterSubparsers
 
-__version__ = "0.13.0a5"
+__version__ = "0.13.0a6"
 
 __all__ = (
     'ColorFormatter',
diff --git a/src/suou/argparse.py b/src/suou/argparse.py
index 39df63d..99fbfbc 100644
--- a/src/suou/argparse.py
+++ b/src/suou/argparse.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class LetterSubparsers(object):
 
         This allows the argument to be everywhere in the argv.
         """
-        self._parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='count', help=help)
+        self._parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='count', default = 0, help=help)
         self._has_verbose = True
 
     def action(self, /, letter: str, name: str | None = None, **kwargs):