diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2e7759..6eb5d1e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "gerbil",
   "productName": "Gerbil",
-  "version": "1.11.0",
+  "version": "1.11.1",
   "description": "Run Large Language Models locally",
   "main": "out/main/index.js",
   "homepage": "./",
diff --git a/src/components/screens/Launch/AdvancedTab.tsx b/src/components/screens/Launch/AdvancedTab.tsx
index 87f708e..949346e 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/Launch/AdvancedTab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/screens/Launch/AdvancedTab.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const AdvancedTab = () => {
     lowvram,
     quantmatmul,
     usemmap,
+    debugmode,
     backend,
     moecpu,
     moeexperts,
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export const AdvancedTab = () => {
     handleLowvramChange,
     handleQuantmatmulChange,
     handleUsemmapChange,
+    handleDebugmodeChange,
     handleMoecpuChange,
     handleMoeexpertsChange,
   } = useLaunchConfig();
@@ -152,6 +154,13 @@ export const AdvancedTab = () => {
             }
             disabled={!isGpuBackend}
           />
+
+          <CheckboxWithTooltip
+            checked={debugmode}
+            onChange={handleDebugmodeChange}
+            label="Debug Mode"
+            tooltip="Shows additional debug info in the terminal."
+          />
         </SimpleGrid>
       </div>
 
diff --git a/src/components/screens/Launch/CommandLineArgumentsModal.tsx b/src/components/screens/Launch/CommandLineArgumentsModal.tsx
index 8ebbe90..cb3f0fd 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/Launch/CommandLineArgumentsModal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/screens/Launch/CommandLineArgumentsModal.tsx
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ const UI_COVERED_ARGS = new Set([
   '--sdclipgpu',
   '--sdflashattention',
   '--tensor_split',
+  '--debugmode',
 ] as const) as ReadonlySet<string>;
 
 const IGNORED_ARGS = new Set([
@@ -195,13 +196,6 @@ const COMMAND_LINE_ARGUMENTS = [
     type: 'boolean',
     category: 'Advanced',
   },
-  {
-    flag: '--debugmode',
-    description: 'Shows additional debug info in the terminal.',
-    type: 'int',
-    default: 0,
-    category: 'Advanced',
-  },
   {
     flag: '--onready',
     description:
diff --git a/src/components/screens/Launch/index.tsx b/src/components/screens/Launch/index.tsx
index b22af46..328d484 100644
--- a/src/components/screens/Launch/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/screens/Launch/index.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export const LaunchScreen = ({ onLaunch }: LaunchScreenProps) => {
     lowvram,
     quantmatmul,
     usemmap,
+    debugmode,
     backend,
     gpuDeviceSelection,
     gpuPlatform,
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ export const LaunchScreen = ({ onLaunch }: LaunchScreenProps) => {
     noavx2,
     failsafe,
     usemmap,
+    debugmode,
     moecpu,
     moeexperts,
     usecuda: backend === 'cuda' || backend === 'rocm',
@@ -297,6 +299,7 @@ export const LaunchScreen = ({ onLaunch }: LaunchScreenProps) => {
       tensorSplit,
       quantmatmul,
       usemmap,
+      debugmode,
       additionalArguments,
       sdt5xxl,
       sdclipl,
@@ -333,6 +336,7 @@ export const LaunchScreen = ({ onLaunch }: LaunchScreenProps) => {
     tensorSplit,
     quantmatmul,
     usemmap,
+    debugmode,
     additionalArguments,
     sdt5xxl,
     sdclipl,
diff --git a/src/hooks/useLaunchConfig.ts b/src/hooks/useLaunchConfig.ts
index b83aa35..1f3b749 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useLaunchConfig.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useLaunchConfig.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const useLaunchConfig = () => {
     lowvram: state.lowvram,
     quantmatmul: state.quantmatmul,
     usemmap: state.usemmap,
+    debugmode: state.debugmode,
     backend: state.backend,
     gpuDeviceSelection: state.gpuDeviceSelection,
     tensorSplit: state.tensorSplit,
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ export const useLaunchConfig = () => {
     handleLowvramChange: state.setLowvram,
     handleQuantmatmulChange: state.setQuantmatmul,
     handleUsemmapChange: state.setUsemmap,
+    handleDebugmodeChange: state.setDebugmode,
     handleBackendChange: state.setBackend,
     handleGpuDeviceSelectionChange: state.setGpuDeviceSelection,
     handleTensorSplitChange: state.setTensorSplit,
diff --git a/src/hooks/useLaunchLogic.ts b/src/hooks/useLaunchLogic.ts
index b106728..a26a06d 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useLaunchLogic.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useLaunchLogic.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ interface LaunchArgs {
   tensorSplit: string;
   quantmatmul: boolean;
   usemmap: boolean;
+  debugmode: boolean;
   additionalArguments: string;
   sdt5xxl: string;
   sdclipl: string;
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ const buildConfigArgs = (isImageMode: boolean, launchArgs: LaunchArgs) => {
     [launchArgs.noavx2, '--noavx2'],
     [launchArgs.failsafe, '--failsafe'],
     [launchArgs.usemmap, '--usemmap'],
+    [launchArgs.debugmode, '--debugmode', '1'],
   ];
 
   flagMappings.forEach(([condition, flag, value]) => {
diff --git a/src/main/modules/koboldcpp/launcher/index.ts b/src/main/modules/koboldcpp/launcher/index.ts
index 0304910..c5d5864 100644
--- a/src/main/modules/koboldcpp/launcher/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/modules/koboldcpp/launcher/index.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export async function launchKoboldCpp(
 
     const binaryDir = currentVersion.path.split(/[/\\]/).slice(0, -1).join('/');
 
-    const { isImageMode, isTextMode } = parseKoboldConfig(args);
+    const { isImageMode, isTextMode, debugmode } = parseKoboldConfig(args);
 
     if (frontendPreference === 'koboldcpp') {
       if (isImageMode) {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export async function launchKoboldCpp(
 
     child.stdout?.on('data', (data) => {
       const output = data.toString();
-      const filtered = filterSpam(output);
+      const filtered = debugmode ? output : filterSpam(output);
       if (filtered.trim()) {
         sendKoboldOutput(filtered, true);
       }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export async function launchKoboldCpp(
 
     child.stderr?.on('data', (data) => {
       const output = data.toString();
-      const filtered = filterSpam(output);
+      const filtered = debugmode ? output : filterSpam(output);
       if (filtered.trim()) {
         sendKoboldOutput(filtered, true);
       }
diff --git a/src/stores/launchConfig.ts b/src/stores/launchConfig.ts
index 5f29c74..65291d4 100644
--- a/src/stores/launchConfig.ts
+++ b/src/stores/launchConfig.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ interface LaunchConfigState {
   lowvram: boolean;
   quantmatmul: boolean;
   usemmap: boolean;
+  debugmode: boolean;
   backend: string;
   gpuDeviceSelection: string;
   tensorSplit: string;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ interface LaunchConfigState {
   setLowvram: (lowvram: boolean) => void;
   setQuantmatmul: (quantmatmul: boolean) => void;
   setUsemmap: (usemmap: boolean) => void;
+  setDebugmode: (debugmode: boolean) => void;
   setBackend: (backend: string) => void;
   setGpuDeviceSelection: (selection: string) => void;
   setTensorSplit: (split: string) => void;
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ export const useLaunchConfigStore = create<LaunchConfigState>((set, get) => ({
   lowvram: false,
   quantmatmul: true,
   usemmap: true,
+  debugmode: false,
   backend: '',
   gpuDeviceSelection: '0',
   tensorSplit: '',
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ export const useLaunchConfigStore = create<LaunchConfigState>((set, get) => ({
   setLowvram: (lowvram) => set({ lowvram }),
   setQuantmatmul: (quantmatmul) => set({ quantmatmul }),
   setUsemmap: (usemmap) => set({ usemmap }),
+  setDebugmode: (debugmode) => set({ debugmode }),
   setBackend: (backend) =>
     set({
       backend,
@@ -301,6 +305,12 @@ export const useLaunchConfigStore = create<LaunchConfigState>((set, get) => ({
         updates.usemmap = true;
       }
 
+      if (typeof configData.debugmode === 'boolean') {
+        updates.debugmode = configData.debugmode;
+      } else {
+        updates.debugmode = false;
+      }
+
       if (configData.usecuda === true) {
         const gpuInfo = await window.electronAPI.kobold.detectGPU();
         updates.backend = gpuInfo.hasNVIDIA ? 'cuda' : 'rocm';
diff --git a/src/types/electron.d.ts b/src/types/electron.d.ts
index 30866e3..7e7d1d9 100644
--- a/src/types/electron.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/electron.d.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export interface KoboldConfig {
   lowvram?: boolean;
   quantmatmul?: boolean;
   usemmap?: boolean;
+  debugmode?: boolean;
   usecuda?: boolean;
   usevulkan?: boolean;
   useclblast?: boolean | [number, number];
diff --git a/src/utils/node/kobold.ts b/src/utils/node/kobold.ts
index c39cfe4..757b5eb 100644
--- a/src/utils/node/kobold.ts
+++ b/src/utils/node/kobold.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ export function parseKoboldConfig(args: string[]) {
   let port = 5001;
   let hasSdModel = false;
   let hasTextModel = false;
+  let debugmode = false;
 
-  for (let i = 0; i < args.length - 1; i++) {
-    if (args[i] === '--hostname' || args[i] === '--host') {
+  for (let i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+    if (
+      (args[i] === '--hostname' || args[i] === '--host') &&
+      i + 1 < args.length
+    ) {
       host = args[i + 1];
-    } else if (args[i] === '--port') {
+    } else if (args[i] === '--port' && i + 1 < args.length) {
       const parsedPort = parseInt(args[i + 1], 10);
       if (!isNaN(parsedPort)) {
         port = parsedPort;
@@ -16,11 +20,13 @@ export function parseKoboldConfig(args: string[]) {
       hasSdModel = true;
     } else if (args[i] === '--model') {
       hasTextModel = true;
+    } else if (args[i] === '--debugmode') {
+      debugmode = true;
     }
   }
 
   const isImageMode = hasSdModel;
   const isTextMode = hasTextModel;
 
-  return { host, port, isImageMode, isTextMode };
+  return { host, port, isImageMode, isTextMode, debugmode };
 }