diff --git a/basice2e/run.sh b/basice2e/run.sh
index 16ea5bffd27b309b6105b221fab7b23b81247f3b..cb598b4d337d231bddfbe3fbd2320aa573069853 100755
--- a/basice2e/run.sh
+++ b/basice2e/run.sh
@@ -263,12 +263,12 @@ then
     wait $PIDVAL
     wait $PIDVAL2
 
-    echo "FORCING MESSAGE PICKUP RETRY... (NON-E2E, PRECAN)"
-    CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 5 --receiveCount 5 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
+    echo "FORCING MESSAGE PICKUP RETRY... (NON-E2E, PRECAN)" # todo: remove -v calls below
+    CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -v 1 --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 5 --receiveCount 5 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
     eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client20.txt || true &
     PIDVAL=$!
     echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
-    CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 21 --sendCount 5 --receiveCount 5 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
+    CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -v 1 --unsafe -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 20 --sendCount 5 --receiveCount 5 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
     eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client21.txt || true &
     PIDVAL2=$!
     echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
@@ -394,12 +394,12 @@ echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
 wait $PIDVAL
 wait $PIDVAL2
 
-echo "FORCING MESSAGE PICKUP RETRY... "
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 5 --receiveCount 5 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
+echo "FORCING MESSAGE PICKUP RETRY... " # todo: remove -v calls below
+CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -v 1 -l $CLIENTOUT/client20.log -s blob20 --sendid 20 --destid 21 --sendCount 5 --receiveCount 5 -m \"Hello from 20, without E2E Encryption\""
 eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client20.txt || true &
 PIDVAL=$!
 echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"
-CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 21 --sendCount 5 --receiveCount 5 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
+CLIENTCMD="timeout 240s ../bin/client $CLIENTOPTS --forceMessagePickupRetry -v 1 -l $CLIENTOUT/client21.log -s blob21 --sendid 21 --destid 20 --sendCount 5 --receiveCount 5 -m \"Hello from 21, without E2E Encryption\""
 eval $CLIENTCMD >> $CLIENTOUT/client21.txt || true &
 PIDVAL2=$!
 echo "$CLIENTCMD -- $PIDVAL"