diff --git a/lib/pact/provider/configuration/pact_verification_from_broker.rb b/lib/pact/provider/configuration/pact_verification_from_broker.rb
index cf74c769..931fdd7d 100644
--- a/lib/pact/provider/configuration/pact_verification_from_broker.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/provider/configuration/pact_verification_from_broker.rb
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ class PactVerificationFromBroker
         # in parent scope, it will clash with these ones,
         # so put an underscore in front of the name to be safer.
 
-        attr_accessor :_provider_name, :_pact_broker_base_url, :_consumer_version_tags, :_basic_auth_options
+        attr_accessor :_provider_name, :_pact_broker_base_url, :_consumer_version_tags, :_basic_auth_options, :_verbose
 
         def initialize(provider_name)
           @_provider_name = provider_name
           @_consumer_version_tags = []
+          @_verbose = false
         end
 
         dsl do
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ def pact_broker_base_url pact_broker_base_url, basic_auth_options = {}
           def consumer_version_tags consumer_version_tags
             self._consumer_version_tags = *consumer_version_tags
           end
+
+          def verbose verbose
+            self._verbose = verbose
+          end
         end
 
         def finalize
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ def finalize
         private
 
         def create_pact_verification
-          fetch_pacts = Pact::PactBroker::FetchPacts.new(_provider_name, _consumer_version_tags, _pact_broker_base_url, _basic_auth_options)
+          fetch_pacts = Pact::PactBroker::FetchPacts.new(_provider_name, _consumer_version_tags, _pact_broker_base_url, _basic_auth_options.merge(verbose: _verbose))
           Pact.provider_world.add_pact_uri_source fetch_pacts
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact/provider/configuration/pact_verification_from_broker_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact/provider/configuration/pact_verification_from_broker_spec.rb
index f93c5fd6..095beed2 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact/provider/configuration/pact_verification_from_broker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact/provider/configuration/pact_verification_from_broker_spec.rb
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ module Configuration
               PactVerificationFromBroker.build(provider_name) do
                 pact_broker_base_url base_url, basic_auth_options
                 consumer_version_tags tags
+                verbose true
               end
             end
 
             let(:fetch_pacts) { double('FetchPacts') }
+            let(:options) { basic_auth_options.merge(verbose: true) }
 
             it "creates a instance of Pact::PactBroker::FetchPacts" do
-              expect(Pact::PactBroker::FetchPacts).to receive(:new).with(provider_name, tags, base_url, basic_auth_options)
+              expect(Pact::PactBroker::FetchPacts).to receive(:new).with(provider_name, tags, base_url, options)
               subject
             end
 
@@ -85,6 +87,21 @@ module Configuration
               subject
             end
           end
+
+          context "when no verbose flag is provided" do
+            subject do
+              PactVerificationFromBroker.build(provider_name) do
+                pact_broker_base_url base_url
+              end
+            end
+
+            let(:fetch_pacts) { double('FetchPacts') }
+
+            it "creates an instance of FetchPacts with verbose: false" do
+              expect(Pact::PactBroker::FetchPacts).to receive(:new).with(anything, anything, anything, hash_including(verbose: false))
+              subject
+            end
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish_spec.rb
index 1260163a..15565527 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish_spec.rb
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ module VerificationResults
 
               context "when the connection can't be made" do
                 it "raises a PublicationError error" do
-                  allow(Net::HTTP).to receive(:start).and_raise(SocketError)
+                  allow(Net::HTTP).to receive(:new).and_raise(SocketError)
                   expect{ subject }.to raise_error(PublicationError, /Failed to publish verification/)
                 end
               end