diff --git a/cmd/remote/remote.go b/cmd/remote/remote.go
index cd0da57..0c153cc 100644
--- a/cmd/remote/remote.go
+++ b/cmd/remote/remote.go
@@ -9,16 +9,10 @@ import (
 	ctxhelper "github.com/gomicro/align/client/context"
 	"github.com/gomicro/align/config"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-var (
-	clt     client.Clienter
-	verbose bool
-)
-
-func init() {
-	RemoteCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "enable verbose output")
-}
+var clt client.Clienter
 
 var RemoteCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:              "remote",
@@ -29,6 +23,7 @@ var RemoteCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func remoteFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	verbose := viper.GetBool("verbose")
 	ctx := ctxhelper.WithVerbose(context.Background(), verbose)
 
 	repoDirs, err := clt.GetDirs(ctx, ".")
diff --git a/cmd/remote/remote_test.go b/cmd/remote/remote_test.go
index ee01a7e..fc30d60 100644
--- a/cmd/remote/remote_test.go
+++ b/cmd/remote/remote_test.go
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/gomicro/align/client/testclient"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestRemote(t *testing.T) {
-	verbose = true
-	t.Cleanup(func() { verbose = false })
+	viper.Set("verbose", true)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { viper.Set("verbose", false) })
 
 	t.Run("calls expected commands", func(t *testing.T) {
 		tc := testclient.New()