diff --git a/class/core/mw.py b/class/core/mw.py
index 15f4c1018..ff8ab8a5a 100755
--- a/class/core/mw.py
+++ b/class/core/mw.py
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ def isAppleSystem():
     return False
 
 
+def isDebugMode():
+    if isAppleSystem():
+        return True
+
+    debugPath = getRunDir() + "/data/debug.pl"
+    if os.path.exists(debugPath):
+        return True
+
+    return False
+
+
 def isNumber(s):
     try:
         float(s)
diff --git a/class/core/plugins_api.py b/class/core/plugins_api.py
index d989ff5ff..f144fdfc9 100755
--- a/class/core/plugins_api.py
+++ b/class/core/plugins_api.py
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ class plugins_api:
             return ('', '')
         data = mw.execShell(py_cmd)
 
-        if mw.isAppleSystem():
+        if mw.isDebugMode():
             print('run', py_cmd)
             print(data)
         # print os.path.exists(py_cmd)
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ class plugins_api:
         sys.path.append(package)
         eval_str = "__import__('" + script + "')." + func + '(' + args + ')'
         newRet = eval(eval_str)
-        if mw.isAppleSystem():
+        if mw.isDebugMode():
             print('callback', eval_str)
 
         return (True, newRet)