diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0dbee59e..b31220f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Auto-detects your coverage artifact files and CI environment to post to [Coveral
 
 ```
 $ coveralls -h
-Coveralls Coverage Reporter v0.1.5
+Coveralls Coverage Reporter vX.Y.Z
 Usage coveralls [arguments]
     -rTOKEN, --repo-token=TOKEN      Sets coveralls repo token, overrides settings in yaml or environment variable
     -cPATH, --config-path=PATH       Set the coveralls yaml config file location, will default to check '.coveralls.yml'
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Usage coveralls [arguments]
     -d, --done                       Call webhook after all parallel jobs (-p) done.
     -n, --no-logo                    Do not show Coveralls logo in logs
     -q, --quiet                      Suppress all output
+    --debug                          Debug mode. Data being sent to Coveralls will be outputted to console.
     -h, --help                       Show this help
 ```
 
diff --git a/fixtures/test.lcov b/fixtures/test.lcov
index dc70e114..94362a61 100644
--- a/fixtures/test.lcov
+++ b/fixtures/test.lcov
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-make[1]: Entering directory `/home/cainus/urlgrey'
 SF:fixtures/test.js
 DA:1,1
 DA:2,1
@@ -112,5 +111,4 @@ DA:218,21
 DA:219,21
 DA:220,21
 DA:222,165
-end_of_record
-make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/cainus/urlgrey'
+end_of_record
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shard.yml b/shard.yml
index cde35ca3..4c73c5c8 100644
--- a/shard.yml
+++ b/shard.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: coverage-reporter
-version: 0.1.7
+version: 0.1.8
 
 authors:
   - Jordan Oroshiba <jordan@oroshiba.me>
diff --git a/src/cli.cr b/src/cli.cr
index 305d7191..e5f8076b 100644
--- a/src/cli.cr
+++ b/src/cli.cr
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ parser = OptionParser.parse do |parser|
     CoverageReporter.quiet!
   end
 
+  parser.on("--debug", "Debug mode. Data being sent to Coveralls will be outputted to console.") do 
+    CoverageReporter.debug!
+  end
+
   parser.on("-h", "--help", "Show this help") do
     # TODO: add environment variable notes
     puts "Coveralls Coverage Reporter v#{CoverageReporter::VERSION}"
diff --git a/src/coverage_reporter.cr b/src/coverage_reporter.cr
index 45b57364..4e2c0daa 100644
--- a/src/coverage_reporter.cr
+++ b/src/coverage_reporter.cr
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require "./coverage_reporter/*"
 
 
 module CoverageReporter
-  VERSION = "0.1.7"
+  VERSION = "0.1.8"
 
   def self.run(coverage_file : String, repo_token : String | Nil, yaml_file_location : String, job_flag : String | Nil, parallel : Bool)
     yaml = YamlConfig.new(yaml_file_location)
@@ -27,4 +27,12 @@ module CoverageReporter
   def self.quiet?
     @@quiet
   end
+
+  def self.debug!
+    @@debug = true
+  end
+
+  def self.debug?
+    @@debug
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/coverage_reporter/api.cr b/src/coverage_reporter/api.cr
index 1d89df30..68c8ffb6 100644
--- a/src/coverage_reporter/api.cr
+++ b/src/coverage_reporter/api.cr
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ module CoverageReporter
           puts "🚀 Posting coverage data to #{api_url}"
         end
 
+        if debug?
+          puts "---\n⛑ Debug Output:\n#{data.to_json}"
+        end
+
         res = Crest.post(
           api_url,
           headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
@@ -85,6 +89,10 @@ module CoverageReporter
           }
         }
 
+        if debug?
+          puts "---\n⛑ Debug Output:\n#{data.to_json}"
+        end
+
         res = Crest.post(
           webhook_url,
           headers: { "Content-Type" => "application/json" },
@@ -119,5 +127,9 @@ module CoverageReporter
     private def quiet?
       CoverageReporter.quiet?
     end
+
+    private def debug?
+      CoverageReporter.debug?
+    end
   end
 end