diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index bc2622e..8a7b618 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -39,4 +39,7 @@ class Config(ComboParser):
 		self.add_item(section, 'max_fail', int, 5, 'number of fails after which an url is considered dead', False)
 		self.add_item(section, 'database', str, 'proxies.sqlite', 'filename of database', True)
 
+		section = 'scraper'
+		self.add_item(section, 'debug', bool, False, 'scraper: whether to print additional debug info', False)
+
 		self.aparser.add_argument("--file", help="import a single file containing proxy addrs", type=str, default='', required=False)