diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4a8734ff..cd5d5f14 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2.0.5.dev0
+ * #1085: Fix a regression in which the default monitoring verbosity is 0 (warnings only) instead of
+   1 (info about steps borgmatic is taking). This prevented logs from showing up in monitoring
+   services like Healthchecks unless you had an explicit monitoring verbosity set.
+
 2.0.4
  * #1072: Fix path rewriting for non-root patterns in the ZFS, Btrfs, and LVM hooks.
  * #1073: Clarify the documentation about when an "after: error" command hook runs and how it
diff --git a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
index 7fadc263..78ed05c2 100644
--- a/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
+++ b/borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ class Monitoring_hooks:
         self.config_filename = config_filename
         self.config = config
         self.dry_run = global_arguments.dry_run
-        self.monitoring_log_level = verbosity_to_log_level(config.get('monitoring_verbosity'))
+        self.monitoring_log_level = verbosity_to_log_level(
+            get_verbosity({config_filename: config}, 'monitoring_verbosity')
+        )
         self.monitoring_hooks_are_activated = (
             using_primary_action and self.monitoring_log_level != DISABLED
         )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5e63f69..da090fbf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "borgmatic"
-version = "2.0.4"
+version = "2.0.5.dev0"
 authors = [
   { name="Dan Helfman", email="witten@torsion.org" },
 ]
diff --git a/tests/unit/commands/test_borgmatic.py b/tests/unit/commands/test_borgmatic.py
index e488a9ba..b196cfe6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/commands/test_borgmatic.py
+++ b/tests/unit/commands/test_borgmatic.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def test_get_skip_actions_uses_config_and_arguments(config, arguments, expected_
 
 
 def test_monitoring_hooks_with_monioring_disabled_bails():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('get_verbosity').and_return(module.logging.INFO)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('verbosity_to_log_level').and_return(module.DISABLED)
     flexmock(module.dispatch).should_receive('call_hooks').never()
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ def test_monitoring_hooks_with_monioring_disabled_bails():
 
 
 def test_monitoring_hooks_with_non_primary_action_bails():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('get_verbosity').and_return(module.logging.INFO)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('verbosity_to_log_level').and_return(flexmock())
     flexmock(module.dispatch).should_receive('call_hooks').never()
 
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ def test_monitoring_hooks_with_non_primary_action_bails():
 
 
 def test_monitoring_hooks_pings_monitors():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('get_verbosity').and_return(module.logging.INFO)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('verbosity_to_log_level').and_return(flexmock())
     flexmock(module.dispatch).should_receive('call_hooks').with_args(
         'initialize_monitor',
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ def test_monitoring_hooks_pings_monitors():
 
 
 def test_monitoring_hooks_with_start_ping_error_raises():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('get_verbosity').and_return(module.logging.INFO)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('verbosity_to_log_level').and_return(flexmock())
     flexmock(module.dispatch).should_receive('call_hooks').with_args(
         'initialize_monitor',
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ def test_monitoring_hooks_with_start_ping_error_raises():
 
 
 def test_monitoring_hooks_with_log_ping_error_raises():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('get_verbosity').and_return(module.logging.INFO)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('verbosity_to_log_level').and_return(flexmock())
     flexmock(module.dispatch).should_receive('call_hooks').with_args(
         'initialize_monitor',
@@ -227,6 +232,7 @@ def test_monitoring_hooks_with_log_ping_error_raises():
 
 
 def test_monitoring_hooks_with_finish_ping_error_raises():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('get_verbosity').and_return(module.logging.INFO)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('verbosity_to_log_level').and_return(flexmock())
     flexmock(module.dispatch).should_receive('call_hooks').with_args(
         'initialize_monitor',
@@ -281,7 +287,8 @@ def test_monitoring_hooks_with_finish_ping_error_raises():
             pass
 
 
-def test_monitoring_with_wrapped_code_error_pings_fail():
+def test_monitoring_hooks_with_wrapped_code_error_pings_fail():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('get_verbosity').and_return(module.logging.INFO)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('verbosity_to_log_level').and_return(flexmock())
     flexmock(module.dispatch).should_receive('call_hooks').with_args(
         'initialize_monitor',
@@ -345,7 +352,8 @@ def test_monitoring_with_wrapped_code_error_pings_fail():
             raise OSError()
 
 
-def test_monitoring_with_fail_ping_error_raise_original_error():
+def test_monitoring_hooks_with_fail_ping_error_raise_original_error():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('get_verbosity').and_return(module.logging.INFO)
     flexmock(module).should_receive('verbosity_to_log_level').and_return(flexmock())
     flexmock(module.dispatch).should_receive('call_hooks').with_args(
         'initialize_monitor',