diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d056424..be488e3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+securityonion-nsmnow-admin-scripts (20120724-0ubuntu0securityonion133) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * Issue 924: NSM: set DEBUG 1 in /etc/sguild/sguild.conf 
+
+ -- Doug Burks <doug.burks@gmail.com>  Sat, 21 May 2016 06:12:40 -0400
+
 securityonion-nsmnow-admin-scripts (20120724-0ubuntu0securityonion132) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * fix postinst to run mysql with --defaults-file 
diff --git a/debian/patches/Issue-924:-NSM:-set-DEBUG-1-in-etcsguildsguild.conf b/debian/patches/Issue-924:-NSM:-set-DEBUG-1-in-etcsguildsguild.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6049f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/Issue-924:-NSM:-set-DEBUG-1-in-etcsguildsguild.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Description: <short summary of the patch>
+ TODO: Put a short summary on the line above and replace this paragraph
+ with a longer explanation of this change. Complete the meta-information
+ with other relevant fields (see below for details). To make it easier, the
+ information below has been extracted from the changelog. Adjust it or drop
+ it.
+ .
+ securityonion-nsmnow-admin-scripts (20120724-0ubuntu0securityonion133) trusty; urgency=medium
+ .
+   * Issue 924: NSM: set DEBUG 1 in /etc/sguild/sguild.conf
+Author: Doug Burks <doug.burks@gmail.com>
+
+---
+The information above should follow the Patch Tagging Guidelines, please
+checkout http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ to learn about the format. Here
+are templates for supplementary fields that you might want to add:
+
+Origin: <vendor|upstream|other>, <url of original patch>
+Bug: <url in upstream bugtracker>
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/<bugnumber>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/<bugnumber>
+Forwarded: <no|not-needed|url proving that it has been forwarded>
+Reviewed-By: <name and email of someone who approved the patch>
+Last-Update: <YYYY-MM-DD>
+
+--- securityonion-nsmnow-admin-scripts-20120724.orig/usr/sbin/nsm_server_add
++++ securityonion-nsmnow-admin-scripts-20120724/usr/sbin/nsm_server_add
+@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ cat >/etc/nsm/$SERVER_NAME/sguild.conf <
+ set SGUILD_LIB_PATH "${SERVER_LIB_DIR}" 
+ 
+ # DEBUG 0=off 1=important stuff 2=everything. Option 2 is VERY chatty.
+-set DEBUG 2
++set DEBUG 1
+ 
+ # Run sguild in daemon mode. 1=on 0=off
+ # This overrides above and will set DEBUG off.
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 7bb8313..5e20a69 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -126,3 +126,4 @@ check-for-snorby-output-before-trying-to-disable
 Issues-853-854-855
 Issue-#859:-NSM:-mkdir--p-varrunnsm-before-trying-to-chown
 NSM:-Squert-object_mappings-table-has-wrong-permissions-#866
+Issue-924:-NSM:-set-DEBUG-1-in-etcsguildsguild.conf
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index a3f9b98..37a4cf9 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ case "$1" in
 		mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf -N -B -e "GRANT INSERT,UPDATE ON securityonion_db.object_mappings TO 'readonly'@'localhost';" || echo "Error updating permissions on Squert object_mappings."
 	fi
 
+	# change sguild debug to 1
+	FILE='/etc/sguild/sguild.conf'
+	if [ -f $FILE ]; then
+		if grep "set DEBUG 2" $FILE >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			echo "Sguild DEBUG is currently set to 2."
+			echo "Setting sguild DEBUG to 1."
+			sed -i 's|set DEBUG 2|set DEBUG 1|g' $FILE || echo "Error updating $FILE"
+		fi
+	fi
+
     ;;
 
     abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
diff --git a/usr/sbin/nsm_server_add b/usr/sbin/nsm_server_add
index 68f0185..4f71bb7 100755
--- a/usr/sbin/nsm_server_add
+++ b/usr/sbin/nsm_server_add
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ cat >/etc/nsm/$SERVER_NAME/sguild.conf << EOF_SGUILD
 set SGUILD_LIB_PATH "${SERVER_LIB_DIR}" 
 
 # DEBUG 0=off 1=important stuff 2=everything. Option 2 is VERY chatty.
-set DEBUG 2
+set DEBUG 1
 
 # Run sguild in daemon mode. 1=on 0=off
 # This overrides above and will set DEBUG off.