diff --git a/mmdebstrap b/mmdebstrap
index 998071f..8050e96 100755
--- a/mmdebstrap
+++ b/mmdebstrap
@@ -963,6 +963,16 @@ sub run_dpkg_progress {
 sub run_apt_progress {
     my $options  = shift;
     my @debs     = @{ $options->{PKGS} // [] };
+
+    if ($verbosity_level >= 3) {
+        my @apt_debug_opts = qw(
+          -oDebug::pkgProblemResolver=true
+          -oDebug::pkgDepCache::Marker=1
+          -oDebug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall=1
+        );
+        push @{ $options->{ARGV} }, @apt_debug_opts;
+    }
+
     my $get_exec = sub {
         my @prefix = ();
         my @opts   = ();
@@ -1031,15 +1041,6 @@ sub run_apt_download_progress {
         info "downloading packages with apt...";
     }
 
-    if ($verbosity_level >= 3) {
-        my @apt_debug_opts = qw(
-          -oDebug::pkgProblemResolver=true
-          -oDebug::pkgDepCache::Marker=1
-          -oDebug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall=1
-        );
-        push @{ $options->{APT_ARGV} }, @apt_debug_opts;
-    }
-
     pipe my $rfh, my $wfh;
     my $pid = open my $fh, '-|' // error "fork() failed: $!";
     if ($pid == 0) {