diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/gg/obsidian/discordbridge/DiscordBridge.kt b/src/main/kotlin/gg/obsidian/discordbridge/DiscordBridge.kt
index 7435b60..3cf303a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/gg/obsidian/discordbridge/DiscordBridge.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/gg/obsidian/discordbridge/DiscordBridge.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class DiscordBridge : JavaPlugin(), Listener {
     var username: String = ""
     var email: String = ""
     var password: String = ""
+    var debug: Boolean = false
 
     var connection: DiscordConnection? = null
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ class DiscordBridge : JavaPlugin(), Listener {
         this.username = config.getString("settings.username")
         this.email = config.getString("settings.email")
         this.password = config.getString("settings.password")
+        this.debug = config.getBoolean("settings.debug", false)
 
         this.connection = DiscordConnection(this)
 
@@ -33,10 +35,12 @@ class DiscordBridge : JavaPlugin(), Listener {
 
     @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR)
     fun onChat(event: AsyncPlayerChatEvent) {
+        logDebug("Received a chat event from ${event.player.name}: ${event.message}")
         send(event.player.name, event.message)
     }
 
     fun send(name: String, message: String) {
+        logDebug("Sending chat message to Discord - $name: $message")
         connection!!.send(name, message)
     }
 
@@ -46,4 +50,9 @@ class DiscordBridge : JavaPlugin(), Listener {
         config.set("version", version)
         saveConfig()
     }
+
+    fun logDebug(msg: String) {
+        if (!debug) return;
+        logger.info(msg)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/gg/obsidian/discordbridge/DiscordListener.kt b/src/main/kotlin/gg/obsidian/discordbridge/DiscordListener.kt
index c850704..4eae032 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/gg/obsidian/discordbridge/DiscordListener.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/gg/obsidian/discordbridge/DiscordListener.kt
@@ -8,22 +8,28 @@ import org.bukkit.ChatColor
 class DiscordListener(val plugin: DiscordBridge, val api: DiscordAPI) : EventListener {
 
     fun userChat(e: UserChatEvent) {
+        plugin.logDebug("Received message ${e.msg.id} from Discord")
+
         if (!e.server.id.equals(plugin.serverID)) {
+            plugin.logDebug("Ignoring message ${e.msg.id} from Discord: server does not match")
             return
         }
 
         if (!e.group.name.equals(plugin.channel, true)) {
+            plugin.logDebug("Ignoring message ${e.msg.id} from Discord: channel does not match")
             return
         }
 
         val username: String = e.user.user.username
 
         if (username.equals(plugin.username, true)) {
+            plugin.logDebug("Ignoring message ${e.msg.id} from Discord: it matches the server's username")
             return
         }
 
-        val broadcastMessage = "<" + username + ChatColor.AQUA + "(discord)" + ChatColor.RESET + "> " + e.msg.message
+        plugin.logDebug("Broadcasting message ${e.msg.id} from Discord as user $username")
 
+        val broadcastMessage = "<" + username + ChatColor.AQUA + "(discord)" + ChatColor.RESET + "> " + e.msg.message
         plugin.server.broadcastMessage(broadcastMessage)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 0482afb..2795428 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ settings:
   channel: 'test'
   username: 'username'
   email: 'email@example.com'
-  password: 'password'
\ No newline at end of file
+  password: 'password'
+  debug: false