diff --git a/cmd/gogitlabber/input.go b/cmd/gogitlabber/input.go
index 21981f9..ccd1d97 100644
--- a/cmd/gogitlabber/input.go
+++ b/cmd/gogitlabber/input.go
@@ -91,17 +91,17 @@ func manageArguments() {
 	var debugFlag = flag.Bool(
 		"debug",
 		debug,
-		"Toggle debug mode\n example: -debug=true\nenv = GOGITLABBER_DEBUG\n")
+		"Toggle debug mode\n  example: -debug=true\nenv = GOGITLABBER_DEBUG\n")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	// Override with flag values (higher precedence)
 	concurrency = *concurrencyFlag
+	debug = *debugFlag
 	gitlabHost = *hostFlag
 	gitlabToken = *tokenFlag
 	includeArchived = *archivedFlag
 	repoDestinationPre = *destinationFlag
-	debug = *debugFlag
 
 	// add slash 🎩🎸 if not provided
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(repoDestinationPre, "/") {
diff --git a/cmd/gogitlabber/main.go b/cmd/gogitlabber/main.go
index d262823..08d07a8 100644
--- a/cmd/gogitlabber/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gogitlabber/main.go
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import (
 
 // userdata
 var concurrency int
+var debug bool
 var gitlabHost string
 var gitlabToken string
 var includeArchived string
 var repoDestinationPre string
-var debug bool
 
 // keep count 🧛
 var clonedCount int
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 732673c..6fa24f1 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Usage of gogitlabber:
         Toggle debug mode
          example: -debug=true
         env = GOGITLABBER_DEBUG
+         (default false)
 
   -destination string
         Specify where to check the repositories out