diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 1e605e3..b3ae88d 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ checkParameters() {
             l)
                 checkForDependencies "libnewt"
                 setDialogBox "whiptail"
-                setDebugToFile false
+                setDebugToFile true
                 ;;
             ?)
                 printf '%s: invalid option - '\''%s'\'\\n "${0##*/}" "$OPTARG"
diff --git a/scripts/common.sh b/scripts/common.sh
index c573dd5..19c86e5 100644
--- a/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/common.sh
@@ -164,5 +164,5 @@ setDebugToFile() {
 }
 
 debug() {
-    [ $debugFlagToFile = true ] && tee -a CocoRice.log > /dev/null
+    [ -z ${debugFlagToFile+x} ] && [ $debugFlagToFile = true ] && tee -a CocoRice.log > /dev/null
 }