diff --git a/parse-list.sh b/parse-list.sh
index 3a5316e..728935e 100755
--- a/parse-list.sh
+++ b/parse-list.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ if [[ $(which $2 | grep "no $2") ]] ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+DEBUG=
 REVIEW=
 NOISY=
 GITEAHOST=${remote_GITEAHOST}
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ for param in $3 $4 $5 $6; do
         ACCESSTOKEN=${local_GITEAACCESSTOKEN}
         EXTRAPARAMS=$EXTRAPARAMS" "$param
       ;;
+      debug )
+        DEBUG=true ;;
       * )
         EXTRAPARAMS=$EXTRAPARAMS" "$param ;;
     esac
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ if [ $PROCESSORG ] ; then
 # cycle through the repos in the specified organisation
 # get a list of repositories in the source organisation
   for page in {1..10} ; do
-    if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "getting page $page of repos from $GITHOST $PROCESSORG" ; fi
+    if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "getting page $page of repos from $GITEAHOST $PROCESSORG" ; fi
     RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X 'GET' \
       "$GITEAHOST/api/v1/orgs/$PROCESSORG/repos?page=$page" \
       -H 'accept: application/json' \