diff --git a/tunnelkeeper b/tunnelkeeper
index ecbbc58..2c98ba4 100755
--- a/tunnelkeeper
+++ b/tunnelkeeper
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function ruroot () {
 
 if [[ "${2}" == "--debug" ]]; then
   dev='/dev/stdout'
+  echo "debug enabled" > $dev
 fi