diff --git a/bilby/core/sampler/cpnest.py b/bilby/core/sampler/cpnest.py
index 1ed64e89c23b1588c88083043e3b74d64989ad0f..4c46e02f29b35a0a1dc5615c52b38ad67cab072e 100644
--- a/bilby/core/sampler/cpnest.py
+++ b/bilby/core/sampler/cpnest.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Cpnest(NestedSampler):
         {self.outdir}/cpnest_{self.label}/
 
     """
-    default_kwargs = dict(verbose=1, nthreads=1, nlive=500, maxmcmc=1000,
+    default_kwargs = dict(verbose=3, nthreads=1, nlive=500, maxmcmc=1000,
                           seed=None, poolsize=100, nhamiltonian=0, resume=True,
                           output=None, proposals=None, n_periodic_checkpoint=8000)
 
diff --git a/test/sampler_test.py b/test/sampler_test.py
index d91e76df50e3d774f1fc243ece61272e6395b2cf..1bc4b59168c0bb82888d34b70b6efa070eb46375 100644
--- a/test/sampler_test.py
+++ b/test/sampler_test.py
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ class TestCPNest(unittest.TestCase):
         del self.sampler
 
     def test_default_kwargs(self):
-        expected = dict(verbose=1, nthreads=1, nlive=500, maxmcmc=1000,
+        expected = dict(verbose=3, nthreads=1, nlive=500, maxmcmc=1000,
                         seed=None, poolsize=100, nhamiltonian=0, resume=True,
                         output='outdir/cpnest_label/', proposals=None,
                         n_periodic_checkpoint=8000)
         self.assertDictEqual(expected, self.sampler.kwargs)
 
     def test_translate_kwargs(self):
-        expected = dict(verbose=1, nthreads=1, nlive=250, maxmcmc=1000,
+        expected = dict(verbose=3, nthreads=1, nlive=250, maxmcmc=1000,
                         seed=None, poolsize=100, nhamiltonian=0, resume=True,
                         output='outdir/cpnest_label/', proposals=None,
                         n_periodic_checkpoint=8000)