diff --git a/bin/config-dist.yaml b/bin/config-dist.yaml
index 99a08ad87..32a989098 100644
--- a/bin/config-dist.yaml
+++ b/bin/config-dist.yaml
@@ -95,3 +95,8 @@ Touchscreen:
 
 Input:
 #  KeyboardDevice: /dev/input/event0
+
+###
+
+Logging:
+#  DebugMode: true
diff --git a/src/RedirectablePrint.cpp b/src/RedirectablePrint.cpp
index ba09076ed..65aead7cc 100644
--- a/src/RedirectablePrint.cpp
+++ b/src/RedirectablePrint.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#ifdef ARCH_PORTDUINO
+#include "platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.h"
+#endif
+
 /**
  * A printer that doesn't go anywhere
  */
@@ -68,6 +72,10 @@ size_t RedirectablePrint::vprintf(const char *format, va_list arg)
 
 size_t RedirectablePrint::log(const char *logLevel, const char *format, ...)
 {
+#ifdef ARCH_PORTDUINO
+    if (!settingsMap[debugmode] && strcmp(logLevel, "DEBUG") == 0)
+        return 0;
+#endif
     if (moduleConfig.serial.override_console_serial_port && strcmp(logLevel, "DEBUG") == 0) {
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index a0246afe0..141518aa3 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ void setup()
 #ifdef ARCH_PORTDUINO
     if (settingsMap[use_sx1262]) {
         if (!rIf) {
+            LOG_DEBUG("Attempting to activate sx1262 radio on SPI port %s\n", settingsStrings[spidev].c_str());
             LockingArduinoHal *RadioLibHAL = new LockingArduinoHal(SPI, spiSettings);
             rIf = new SX1262Interface((LockingArduinoHal *)RadioLibHAL, settingsMap[cs], settingsMap[irq], settingsMap[reset],
                                       settingsMap[busy]);
@@ -730,6 +731,7 @@ void setup()
         }
     } else if (settingsMap[use_rf95]) {
         if (!rIf) {
+            LOG_DEBUG("Attempting to activate rf95 radio on SPI port %s\n", settingsStrings[spidev].c_str());
             LockingArduinoHal *RadioLibHAL = new LockingArduinoHal(SPI, spiSettings);
             rIf = new RF95Interface((LockingArduinoHal *)RadioLibHAL, settingsMap[cs], settingsMap[irq], settingsMap[reset],
                                     settingsMap[busy]);
@@ -744,6 +746,7 @@ void setup()
         }
     } else if (settingsMap[use_sx1280]) {
         if (!rIf) {
+            LOG_DEBUG("Attempting to activate sx1280 radio on SPI port %s\n", settingsStrings[spidev].c_str());
             LockingArduinoHal *RadioLibHAL = new LockingArduinoHal(SPI, spiSettings);
             rIf = new SX1280Interface((LockingArduinoHal *)RadioLibHAL, settingsMap[cs], settingsMap[irq], settingsMap[reset],
                                       settingsMap[busy]);
diff --git a/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp b/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp
index a13e7eba2..16f1366dc 100644
--- a/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ void portduinoSetup()
     YAML::Node yamlConfig;
 
     if (configPath != nullptr) {
+        std::cout << "Using " << configPath << " as config file" << std::endl;
         try {
             yamlConfig = YAML::LoadFile(configPath);
         } catch (YAML::Exception e) {
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ void portduinoSetup()
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
     } else if (access("config.yaml", R_OK) == 0) {
+        std::cout << "Using local config.yaml as config file" << std::endl;
         try {
             yamlConfig = YAML::LoadFile("config.yaml");
         } catch (YAML::Exception e) {
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ void portduinoSetup()
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
     } else if (access("/etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml", R_OK) == 0) {
+        std::cout << "Using /etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml as config file" << std::endl;
         try {
             yamlConfig = YAML::LoadFile("/etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml");
         } catch (YAML::Exception e) {
@@ -105,24 +108,13 @@ void portduinoSetup()
         std::cout << "No 'config.yaml' found, running simulated." << std::endl;
         // Set the random seed equal to TCPPort to have a different seed per instance
         randomSeed(TCPPort);
-
-        /* Aren't all pins defaulted to simulated?
-        auto fakeBusy = new SimGPIOPin(SX126X_BUSY, "fakeBusy");
-        fakeBusy->writePin(LOW);
-        fakeBusy->setSilent(true);
-        gpioBind(fakeBusy);
-
-        auto cs = new SimGPIOPin(SX126X_CS, "fakeLoraCS");
-        cs->setSilent(true);
-        gpioBind(cs);
-
-        gpioBind(new SimGPIOPin(SX126X_RESET, "fakeLoraReset"));
-        gpioBind(new SimGPIOPin(LORA_DIO1, "fakeLoraIrq"));
-        */
         return;
     }
 
     try {
+        if (yamlConfig["Logging"]) {
+            settingsMap[debugmode] = yamlConfig["Logging"]["DebugMode"].as<bool>(false);
+        }
         if (yamlConfig["Lora"]) {
             settingsMap[use_sx1262] = false;
             settingsMap[use_rf95] = false;
diff --git a/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.h b/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.h
index cb85ce69a..a2098919c 100644
--- a/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.h
+++ b/src/platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ enum configNames {
     displayOffsetX,
     displayOffsetY,
     displayInvert,
-    keyboardDevice
+    keyboardDevice,
+    debugmode
 };
 enum { no_screen, st7789, st7735, st7735s };
 enum { no_touchscreen, xpt2046 };