diff --git a/lib/doodstream-upload.js b/lib/doodstream-upload.js
index bb40c3a..02fcaaa 100644
--- a/lib/doodstream-upload.js
+++ b/lib/doodstream-upload.js
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ function _doodstreamLogPath() {
   return path.join(__dirname, '..', 'doodstream-debug.log');
 }
 
+let _debugVerbose = false;
+function setDebugVerbose(v) { _debugVerbose = !!v; }
+
 function _debugLog(msg) {
+  if (!_debugVerbose) return;
   try {
     const logPath = _doodstreamLogPath();
     maybeRotateLogFile(logPath, _DOODSTREAM_LOG_MAX_BYTES, _DOODSTREAM_LOG_MAX_BACKUPS);
@@ -698,3 +702,4 @@ class DoodstreamUploader {
 }
 
 module.exports = DoodstreamUploader;
+module.exports.setDebugVerbose = setDebugVerbose;
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 4135528..7c7c938 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function debugLog(msg) {
 }
 
 let _logVerbose = false;
-function setLogVerbose(v) { _logVerbose = !!v; }
+function setLogVerbose(v) { _logVerbose = !!v; try { require('./lib/doodstream-upload').setDebugVerbose(_logVerbose); } catch {} }
 function _ctxTag(ctx) {
   if (!ctx || typeof ctx !== 'object') return '';
   const tags = [];