diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index dc8b1ef6..e705788f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *0.11.0* *SVN*
 
+* Make ST rails rake tasks more configurable
+
 * Add Actor#current_task and simplify Task#servers
 
 * Add Actor#connect! method for working around lazy connection establishing
diff --git a/lib/switchtower/generators/rails/deployment/templates/switchtower.rake b/lib/switchtower/generators/rails/deployment/templates/switchtower.rake
index 579d2909..c08cb666 100644
--- a/lib/switchtower/generators/rails/deployment/templates/switchtower.rake
+++ b/lib/switchtower/generators/rails/deployment/templates/switchtower.rake
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ def switchtower_invoke(*actions)
     # no rubygems to load, so we fail silently
   end
 
-  require 'switchtower/cli'
+  options = actions.last.is_a?(Hash) ? actions.pop : {}
+
+  args = %w[-r config/deploy]
+  verbose = options[:verbose] || "-vvvvv"
+  args << verbose
 
   args = %w[-vvvvv -r config/<%= recipe_file %>]
   args.concat(actions.map { |act| ["-a", act.to_s] }.flatten)
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ end
 
 desc "Enumerate all available deployment tasks"
 task :show_deploy_tasks do
-  switchtower_invoke :show_tasks
+  switchtower_invoke :show_tasks, :verbose => ""
 end
 
 desc "Execute a specific action using switchtower"