diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 83883f7..3e3cc60 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int32_t main(int32_t argc, char** argv) {
 			break; // break if OPT_SET_ALL is not set (assuming the rest of the CPUs are already off)
 	}
 
-	if ((opts & OPT_LIST_CORES) || (opts & OPT_VERBOSE))
+	if ((opts & OPT_LIST_CORES))
 		print_cpu_count(mcpus);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/opts.c b/src/opts.c
index 172fb18..33d14d8 100644
--- a/src/opts.c
+++ b/src/opts.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ uint8_t getoptions(int32_t argc, char* const* argv, int32_t* ncpus) {
 			break;
 		case 'v':
 			if (opts & OPT_VERBOSE) fatal(msg, 'v');
-			opts |= OPT_VERBOSE;
+			opts |= OPT_VERBOSE | OPT_LIST_CORES;
 			break;
 		case 'i':
 			if (opts & OPT_INVERT) fatal(msg, 'i');