diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index 5ad94b0d19..2667384315 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ done
 . /var/config/vdr.conf
 
 VDR_ARG="-g /tmp --no-kbd --log=3"
+if [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
+  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --log=3"
+else
+  VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --log=1"
+fi
+
 SVDRP_PORT=0
 
 # epgsearch needs svdrp