diff --git a/src/Settings.h b/src/Settings.h
index 6cdb328..d1275b3 100644
--- a/src/Settings.h
+++ b/src/Settings.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Settings
     char httpUser[40];        // http basic auth username
     char httpPass[40];        // http basic auth password
     bool haDiscovery;         // HomeAssistant Discovery switch
-    bool debugmode;           // Debug-Mode
+    // bool debugmode;           // Debug-Mode
   } data;
 
   void load()
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ class Settings
     {
       data.haDiscovery = false;
     }
-    if (data.debugmode && !data.debugmode)
-    {
-      data.debugmode = false;
-    }
+    // if (data.debugmode && !data.debugmode)
+    //{
+    //  data.debugmode = false;
+    //}
   }
   void coVersCheck()
   {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class Settings
       strcpy(data.httpUser, "");
       strcpy(data.httpPass, "");
       data.haDiscovery = false;
-      data.debugmode = false;
+      // data.debugmode = false;
       save();
       load();
     }
diff --git a/src/htmlProzessor.h b/src/htmlProzessor.h
index c726ace..3cdc3ff 100644
--- a/src/htmlProzessor.h
+++ b/src/htmlProzessor.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ String htmlProcessor(const String &var)
         return (_settings.data.httpPass);
     if (var == F("pre_hadiscovery"))
         return (_settings.data.haDiscovery ? "checked" : "");
-    if (var == F("pre_debugmode"))
-        return (_settings.data.debugmode ? "checked" : "");
+    //if (var == F("pre_debugmode"))
+    //    return (_settings.data.debugmode ? "checked" : "");
     return String();
 }
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c247319..a2a90f7 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ void setup()
   resetCounter(true);
   _settings.load();
   haAutoDiscTrigger = _settings.data.haDiscovery;
-  DebugMode = _settings.data.debugmode;
+  //DebugMode = _settings.data.debugmode;
+  DebugMode = true;
   WiFi.persistent(true); // fix wifi save bug
   // AsyncWiFiManager wm(&server, &dns); // create wifimanager instance
 
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ void setup()
                 strncpy(_settings.data.httpUser, request->arg("post_httpUser").c_str(), 40);
                 strncpy(_settings.data.httpPass, request->arg("post_httpPass").c_str(), 40);
                 _settings.data.haDiscovery = (request->arg("post_hadiscovery") == "true") ? true : false;
-                _settings.data.debugmode = (request->arg("post_debugmode") == "true") ? true : false;
+                //_settings.data.debugmode = (request->arg("post_debugmode") == "true") ? true : false;
                 _settings.save();
                 request->redirect("/reboot"); });
 
diff --git a/src/webpages/HTML_SETTINGS_EDIT.html b/src/webpages/HTML_SETTINGS_EDIT.html
index c81396e..3f63fba 100644
--- a/src/webpages/HTML_SETTINGS_EDIT.html
+++ b/src/webpages/HTML_SETTINGS_EDIT.html
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ <h1>Edit Configuration</h1>
                 id="post_webuicolormode" name="post_webuicolormode" value="true" %pre_webuidarkmode%>
         </div>
     </div>
+    <!--
     <div class="input-group mb-2">
         <span class="input-group-text w-50" id="debugmode">DEBUG (for testing purposes)</span>
         <div class="form-switch form-control" style="width:50%%; text-align: center;">
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ <h1>Edit Configuration</h1>
                 id="post_debugmode" name="post_debugmode" value="true" %pre_debugmode%>
         </div>
     </div>
+    -->
     <div class="input-group mb-2">
         <span class="input-group-text w-50" id="httpUserdesc">HTTP Username</span>
         <input type="text" class="form-control" aria-describedby="httpUserdesc" id="httpUser" name="post_httpUser" maxlength="40"