diff --git a/config.example.js b/config.example.js
index 7ef53bc..88b345c 100644
--- a/config.example.js
+++ b/config.example.js
@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@ module.exports = {
     hostname: '0.0.0.0',
 
     // Instance of lstu to shorten links -- keep empty to not use.
-    lstu: 'https://lstu.fr'
+    lstu: 'https://lstu.fr',
+
+    // Whether the irc client debug messages should be printed.
+    debug: true
 }
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8b0829a..9a62283 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ for (var who in config.reports) {
 }
 
 var client = new irc.Client(config.server, config.nick, {
-    //debug: true,
+    debug: config.debug || false,
     channels: channels,
     userName: config.userName,
     realName: config.realName,