diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/92_setup-xbmc b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/92_setup-xbmc
index 7075f3d3fe..d0c6163031 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/92_setup-xbmc
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/92_setup-xbmc
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ progress "setup XBMC"
 #
 # clean temp dir
 #
-  rm -rf $HOME/.xbmc/temp/*
+  # hack... we should always clean this temp dir, but we should keep
+  # the logfiles in debug mode
+  if [ ! "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
+    rm -rf $HOME/.xbmc/temp/*
+  fi
 
 #
 # add some default settings