diff --git a/scripts/config.py b/scripts/config.py
index c9a285ac2c..24911bce93 100644
--- a/scripts/config.py
+++ b/scripts/config.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
 
     def __init__(self):
         """Initialize the Config class"""
-        self.debug = False
+        self.debug_mode = False
         self.continuous_mode = False
         self.speak_mode = False
 
@@ -131,4 +131,4 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
 
     def set_debug_mode(self, value: bool):
         """Set the debug mode value."""
-        self.debug = value
+        self.debug_mode = value
diff --git a/scripts/json_utils.py b/scripts/json_utils.py
index 9508a937e5..80aab19281 100644
--- a/scripts/json_utils.py
+++ b/scripts/json_utils.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def fix_invalid_escape(json_str: str, error_message: str) -> str:
             json.loads(json_str)
             return json_str
         except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-            if cfg.debug:
+            if cfg.debug_mode:
                 print('json loads error - fix invalid escape', e)
             error_message = str(e)
     return json_str
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ def correct_json(json_str: str) -> str:
     """
 
     try:
-        if cfg.debug:
+        if cfg.debug_mode:
             print("json", json_str)
         json.loads(json_str)
         return json_str
     except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-        if cfg.debug:
+        if cfg.debug_mode:
             print('json loads error', e)
         error_message = str(e)
         if error_message.startswith('Invalid \\escape'):
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def correct_json(json_str: str) -> str:
                 json.loads(json_str)
                 return json_str
             except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-                if cfg.debug:
+                if cfg.debug_mode:
                     print('json loads error - add quotes', e)
                 error_message = str(e)
         if balanced_str := balance_braces(json_str):
diff --git a/scripts/main.py b/scripts/main.py
index ce9cf998ad..809ba06576 100644
--- a/scripts/main.py
+++ b/scripts/main.py
@@ -292,9 +292,6 @@ def parse_arguments():
         print_to_console("GPT3.5 Only Mode: ", Fore.GREEN, "ENABLED")
         cfg.set_smart_llm_model(cfg.fast_llm_model)
 
-    if args.debug:
-        print_to_console("Debug Mode: ", Fore.GREEN, "ENABLED")
-        cfg.set_debug_mode(True)
 
 
 # TODO: fill in llm values here