diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0b19d8c2..4b5281b5 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: blavaan
 Title: Bayesian Latent Variable Analysis
-Version: 0.5-4.1279
+Version: 0.5-4.1280
 Authors@R: c(person(given = "Edgar", family = "Merkle",
                     role = c("aut", "cre"),
                     email = "merklee@missouri.edu",
diff --git a/R/blavaan.R b/R/blavaan.R
index f98e3d9d..f8d7eb82 100644
--- a/R/blavaan.R
+++ b/R/blavaan.R
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ blavaan <- function(...,  # default lavaan arguments
         if(!inherits(LAV2, 'try-error')) LAV <- LAV2
     }
 
+    ## ensure verbose appears in lavoptions, for 0.6-18 (FIXME also warn/debug?)
+    if(!("verbose" %in% names(LAV@Options))) {
+      if(!("verbose" %in% names(dotdotdot))) {
+        LAV@Options$verbose <- FALSE
+      } else {
+        LAV@Options$verbose <- dotdotdot$verbose
+      }
+    }
+  
     if(LAV@Data@data.type == "moment") {
         if(target != "stan") stop('blavaan ERROR: full data are required for ', target, ' target.\n  Try target="stan", or consider using kd() from package semTools.')
     }