diff --git a/src/modules/node_info/files/Config.pm b/src/modules/node_info/files/Config.pm
index 2edc9c3..d5f552a 100644
--- a/src/modules/node_info/files/Config.pm
+++ b/src/modules/node_info/files/Config.pm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
 # Debug / Version
 # ============================================================================
 
-our $DEBUG_ENABLED = 1;
+our $DEBUG_ENABLED;  # derived from %config{debug}{mod_debug} after ini load, below
 our $VERSION       = 'version-placeholder';
 
 # ============================================================================
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ our %config = (
         gpu_history    => 0,
     },
     debug => {
+        mod_debug              => 0,
         log_enabled            => 0,
         log_file               => '/tmp/pve-mod-debug.log',
         lm_sensors_mode        => 0,
@@ -159,4 +160,6 @@ sub _load_ini_file {
 _load_ini_file($CONF_FILE);
 _load_ini_file($_) for glob("$CONFD_DIR/*.conf");
 
+$DEBUG_ENABLED = $config{debug}{mod_debug};
+
 1;
diff --git a/src/modules/node_info/node_info.conf b/src/modules/node_info/node_info.conf
index 7e2d349..2008fcc 100644
--- a/src/modules/node_info/node_info.conf
+++ b/src/modules/node_info/node_info.conf
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ ignore_temp_below=5
 
 # Debug mode: when a collector's mode is 1, the real tool is not required.
 # Data is read from the file path instead. Useful for development/testing.
+# Note: debug settings are only read at pveproxy startup — restart pveproxy
+# after changing them. Debug output goes to the journal (journalctl -u pveproxy),
+# plus log_file if log_enabled=1.
 [debug]
+mod_debug=0
 lm_sensors_mode=0
 lm_sensors_output_file=/tmp/sensors-output.json
 intel_mode=0
diff --git a/src/modules/node_info/node_info.configure.sh b/src/modules/node_info/node_info.configure.sh
index ae647ab..84bab54 100644
--- a/src/modules/node_info/node_info.configure.sh
+++ b/src/modules/node_info/node_info.configure.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ node_info_defaults() {
     DEBUG_AMD=0;         DEBUG_AMD_FILE="/tmp/amd-gpu-devices.json"
     DEBUG_UPS=0;         DEBUG_UPS_FILE="/tmp/ups-output.json"
     DEBUG_LOG=0;         DEBUG_LOG_FILE="/tmp/pve-mod-debug.log"
+    DEBUG_MOD=0
 }
 
 node_info_load_conf() {
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ node_info_load_conf() {
             debug.ups_output_file)          DEBUG_UPS_FILE="$val" ;;
             debug.log_enabled)              DEBUG_LOG="$val" ;;
             debug.log_file)                 DEBUG_LOG_FILE="$val" ;;
+            debug.mod_debug)                DEBUG_MOD="$val" ;;
         esac
     done < "$NODE_INFO_CONF"
 }
@@ -512,7 +514,11 @@ ignore_temp_below=${IGNORE_TEMP_BELOW}
 
 # Debug mode: when a collector's mode is 1, the real tool is not required.
 # Data is read from the file path instead. Useful for development/testing.
+# Note: debug settings are only read at pveproxy startup — restart pveproxy
+# after changing them. Debug output goes to the journal (journalctl -u pveproxy),
+# plus log_file if log_enabled=1.
 [debug]
+mod_debug=${DEBUG_MOD}
 lm_sensors_mode=${DEBUG_LM_SENSORS}
 lm_sensors_output_file=${DEBUG_LM_SENSORS_FILE}
 intel_mode=${DEBUG_INTEL}