diff --git a/logs/input/file/scanner.go b/logs/input/file/scanner.go
index 263bb6f..ead47ff 100644
--- a/logs/input/file/scanner.go
+++ b/logs/input/file/scanner.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	coreconfig "flashcat.cloud/categraf/config"
 	logsconfig "flashcat.cloud/categraf/config/logs"
 	"flashcat.cloud/categraf/logs/auditor"
 	"flashcat.cloud/categraf/logs/message"
@@ -260,7 +261,9 @@ func (s *Scanner) startNewTailer(file *File, m logsconfig.TailingMode) bool {
 		log.Println("W! Could not recover offset for file with path", file.Path, err)
 	}
 
-	// log.Printf("Starting a new tailer for: %s (offset: %d, whence: %d) for tailer key %s\n", file.Path, offset, whence, file.GetScanKey())
+	if coreconfig.Config.DebugMode {
+		log.Printf("Starting a new tailer for: %s (offset: %d, whence: %d) for tailer key %s\n", file.Path, offset, whence, file.GetScanKey())
+	}
 	err = tailer.Start(offset, whence)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
diff --git a/logs/input/file/tailer_nix.go b/logs/input/file/tailer_nix.go
index 5cdc70a..b478fd4 100644
--- a/logs/input/file/tailer_nix.go
+++ b/logs/input/file/tailer_nix.go
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ package file
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	coreconfig "flashcat.cloud/categraf/config"
 	"flashcat.cloud/categraf/logs/decoder"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ func (t *Tailer) setup(offset int64, whence int) error {
 	// adds metadata to enable users to filter logs by filename
 	t.tags = t.buildTailerTags()
 
-	// log.Println("I! Opening", t.file.Path, "for tailer key", t.file.GetScanKey())
+	if coreconfig.Config.DebugMode {
+		log.Println("I! Opening", t.file.Path, "for tailer key", t.file.GetScanKey())
+	}
 	f, err := openFile(fullpath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err