diff --git a/cmd/kperf/commands/runner/runner.go b/cmd/kperf/commands/runner/runner.go
index 52acd09..43d371b 100644
--- a/cmd/kperf/commands/runner/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/kperf/commands/runner/runner.go
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ package runner
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/Azure/kperf/api/types"
 	"github.com/Azure/kperf/request"
 
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 // Command represents runner subcommand.
@@ -67,8 +70,26 @@ var runCommand = cli.Command{
 			Name:  "result",
 			Usage: "Path to the file which stores results",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "v",
+			Usage: "log level for V logs",
+			Value: "0",
+		},
 	},
 	Action: func(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
+		// initialize klog
+		klog.InitFlags(nil)
+
+		vFlag, err := strconv.Atoi(cliCtx.String("v"))
+		if err != nil || vFlag < 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid value \"%v\" for flag -v: value must be a non-negative integer", cliCtx.String("v"))
+		}
+		if err := flag.Set("v", strconv.Itoa(cliCtx.Int("v"))); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to set log level: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer klog.Flush()
+		flag.Parse()
+
 		profileCfg, err := loadConfig(cliCtx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ee4cb79..8224f1e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.4
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.28.4
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.4
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.28.4
 )
 
@@ -135,7 +136,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.28.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.28.4 // indirect
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230717233707-2695361300d9 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2 // indirect
 	oras.land/oras-go v1.2.4 // indirect
diff --git a/manifests/virtualcluster/nodes/Chart.yaml b/manifests/virtualcluster/nodes/Chart.yaml
index 567ab84..5ec7b6f 100644
--- a/manifests/virtualcluster/nodes/Chart.yaml
+++ b/manifests/virtualcluster/nodes/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  apiVersion: v1,
   "name": "virtualnodes",
   "version": "0.0.1"
 }
diff --git a/manifests/virtualcluster/nodes/values.yaml b/manifests/virtualcluster/nodes/values.yaml
index fa21288..931b0b9 100644
--- a/manifests/virtualcluster/nodes/values.yaml
+++ b/manifests/virtualcluster/nodes/values.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: ""
+name: "vc-testing"
 controllerNodeSelectors: {}
 replicas: 0
 nodeLabels: {}
diff --git a/request/schedule.go b/request/schedule.go
index 64075ff..2cd926b 100644
--- a/request/schedule.go
+++ b/request/schedule.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
 const defaultTimeout = 60 * time.Second
@@ -55,7 +56,10 @@ func Schedule(ctx context.Context, spec *types.LoadProfileSpec, restCli []rest.I
 			for builder := range reqBuilderCh {
 				_, req := builder.Build(cli)
 
+				klog.V(9).Infof("Request URL: %s", req.URL())
+
 				if err := limiter.Wait(ctx); err != nil {
+					klog.V(9).Infof("Rate limiter wait failed: %v", err)
 					cancel()
 					return
 				}
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ func Schedule(ctx context.Context, spec *types.LoadProfileSpec, restCli []rest.I
 
 					if err != nil {
 						respMetric.ObserveFailure(err)
+						klog.V(9).Infof("Request stream failed: %v", err)
 					}
 				}()
 			}