diff --git a/scripts/fitdump b/scripts/fitdump
index 629f61b..c986586 100755
--- a/scripts/fitdump
+++ b/scripts/fitdump
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
 
     options.verbose = options.verbose >= 1
     options.with_defs = (options.type == "readable" and options.verbose)
-    options.as_dict = (options.type != "readable" and options.verbose)
+    options.as_dict = (options.type == "json" and options.verbose)
 
     return options
 
diff --git a/tests/test_fitdump.py b/tests/test_fitdump.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..649b6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_fitdump.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import importlib.util
+import os
+import pathlib
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader
+
+
+FITDUMP_PATH = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[1] / "scripts" / "fitdump"
+FITDUMP_SPEC = importlib.util.spec_from_loader("fitdump", SourceFileLoader("fitdump", str(FITDUMP_PATH)))
+fitdump = importlib.util.module_from_spec(FITDUMP_SPEC)
+FITDUMP_SPEC.loader.exec_module(fitdump)
+
+
+class ParseArgsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_verbose_gpx_keeps_messages_for_gpx_generator(self):
+        input_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+        input_file.close()
+        options = fitdump.parse_args(["-v", "--type", "gpx", input_file.name])
+        try:
+            self.assertFalse(options.as_dict)
+        finally:
+            options.infile.close()
+            os.unlink(input_file.name)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()