diff --git a/csst_common/pipeline.py b/csst_common/pipeline.py
index bc797c9e95e9b80efac36158db69cabd1e2c8dea..e90ae5fd761435f122f3b405e321808b26791ed7 100644
--- a/csst_common/pipeline.py
+++ b/csst_common/pipeline.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class Pipeline:
         self.pipeline_id = os.getenv("PIPELINE_ID", "-")
         self.build = os.getenv("BUILD", "-")
         self.created = os.getenv("CREATED", "-")
+        self.verbose = os.getenv("VERBOSE", None)
 
         # set directory information
         self.dir_input = dir_input