diff --git a/tunnelkeeper b/tunnelkeeper
index a1e7c99..ecbbc58 100755
--- a/tunnelkeeper
+++ b/tunnelkeeper
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 REALPATH="$(realpath $0)"
 BASEDIR="${REALPATH%/*}"
 
+dev='/dev/null'
+
 mkdir -p "$BASEDIR/var"
 mkdir -p "$BASEDIR/etc"
 CONFFILE="$BASEDIR/etc/tunnels.conf"
@@ -19,6 +21,10 @@ function ruroot () {
   fi
 }
 
+if [[ "${2}" == "--debug" ]]; then
+  dev='/dev/stdout'
+fi
+
 
 case "$1" in
   FORKSTART )
@@ -34,18 +40,18 @@ case "$1" in
     # else # This process connects the tunnel
     #   touch "$BASEDIR/var/${2}.connected"
     #   while [[ -e "$BASEDIR/var/${2}.connected" ]]; do
-    #     ssh -F $CONFFILE -N $2 &> /dev/null
+    #     ssh -F $CONFFILE -N $2 &> $dev
     #     sleep 5
     #   done
     # fi
     touch "$BASEDIR/var/${2}.connected"
     while [[ -e "$BASEDIR/var/${2}.connected" ]]; do
-      ssh -F $CONFFILE -N $2 &> /dev/null
+      ssh -F $CONFFILE -N $2 &> $dev
       sleep 5
     done
   ;;
   FORKKILL )
-    kill $(sudo netstat -tnlp | grep "127.0.0.1:${2}" | grep -o '[0-9]*/ssh' | grep -o '[0-9]*') &>/dev/null
+    kill $(sudo netstat -tnlp | grep "127.0.0.1:${2}" | grep -o '[0-9]*/ssh' | grep -o '[0-9]*') &> $dev
   ;;
   FORKDEL )
     rm "$BASEDIR/var/${2}.connected"
@@ -55,12 +61,12 @@ case "$1" in
       exit
     fi
     echo $$ > "$BASEDIR/var/tunnelkeeper.pid"
-    cat "$CONFFILE" | awk '/^Host / {print $2}' | xargs -I% -P0 $0 FORKSTART % &>/dev/null &
+    cat "$CONFFILE" | awk '/^Host / {print $2}' | xargs -I% -P0 $0 FORKSTART % &> $dev &
   ;;
   stop)
     rm "$BASEDIR/var/tunnelkeeper.pid"
     cat "$CONFFILE" | awk '/^Host / {print $2}' | sed 's/^Host //' | xargs -I% -P0 $0 FORKDEL %
-    cat "$CONFFILE" | grep -o 'LocalForward [0-9]* ' | grep -o '[0-9]*' | xargs -I% -P0 $0 FORKKILL % &>/dev/null
+    cat "$CONFFILE" | grep -o 'LocalForward [0-9]* ' | grep -o '[0-9]*' | xargs -I% -P0 $0 FORKKILL % &> $dev
   ;;
   install )
     ruroot
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target" > /lib/systemd/system/tunnelkeeper.service
     ruroot
     vi "$CONFFILE"
   ;;
-  * )
-    echo -e "\nUsage: $(basename $0) [start|stop|install|uninstall|config|list]\n"
+   * )
+    echo -e "\nUsage: $(basename $0) start|stop|install|uninstall|config|list [--debug]\n"
   ;;
 esac