diff --git a/inc/display.php b/inc/display.php
index 268c633d..41795514 100644
--- a/inc/display.php
+++ b/inc/display.php
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ function error($message, $priority = true, $debug_stuff = false) {
 			'message' => $message,
 			'mod' => $mod,
 			'board' => isset($board) ? $board : false,
-			'debug' => is_array($debug_stuff) ? str_replace("\n", '
', utf8tohtml(print_r($debug_stuff, true))) : utf8tohtml($debug_stuff)
+			'debug' => $config['debug'] ? (is_array($debug_stuff) ? str_replace("\n", '
', utf8tohtml(print_r($debug_stuff, true))) : utf8tohtml($debug_stuff)) : null
 		))
 	)));
 }