diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 2fdccd1..9edc664 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ getConfigGeneral() {
 			database="$value"
 		;;
 		debug)
-			#unimplemented
+			(( value > debug )) && debug=$value
 		;;
 	esac
 }
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ openDatabase() {
 		> "$tempdir/sqlite.out"	&
 	exec 3> "$tempdir"/sqlite.in
 	exec 4< "$tempdir"/sqlite.out
+	if (( debug > 2 ))
+	then
+		exec 5>&3
+		exec 3> >(tee -a $tempdir/debug.log >&5)
+	fi
 }
 
 closeDatabase() {