diff --git a/src/get_command.c b/src/get_command.c
index a6aea96..a3a30ab 100644
--- a/src/get_command.c
+++ b/src/get_command.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
 /*   Created: 2025/02/19 18:03:11 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/02/19 18:04:06 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Updated: 2025/04/09 13:59:20 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "libft.h"
+#include "get_command.h"
 
 /*
 ** remove one '\n' from the end of the string, if it exists
@@ -34,13 +35,28 @@ static char	*strip_newline(char *str)
 	return (str);
 }
 
+static char	*handle_special_command(char *line, t_minishell *app)
+{
+	if (line == NULL)
+		return (NULL);
+	if (ft_strcmp(".debug", line) == 0)
+	{
+		app->debug = !app->debug;
+		ft_printf("[dbg: %d]\n", (int)app->debug);
+		line[0] = '\0';
+	}
+	return (line);
+}
+
 /*
 ** get a command line using readline.
 **
 ** returned buffer must be freed by caller.
 ** will add command to history if appropriate.
+**
+** Also handles special commands, which are not further processed.
 */
-char	*get_command(void)
+char	*get_command(t_minishell *app)
 {
 	char	*line;
 
@@ -50,5 +66,5 @@ char	*get_command(void)
 		line = strip_newline(get_next_line(STDIN_FILENO));
 	if (line != NULL && line[0] != '\0')
 		add_history(line);
-	return (line);
+	return (handle_special_command(line, app));
 }
diff --git a/src/get_command.h b/src/get_command.h
index 0772ecd..25d45ad 100644
--- a/src/get_command.h
+++ b/src/get_command.h
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
 /*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
 /*   Created: 2025/02/19 18:02:19 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/02/19 18:03:06 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Updated: 2025/04/09 13:51:41 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
 #ifndef GET_COMMAND_H
 # define GET_COMMAND_H
 
-char	*get_command(void);
+# include "minishell.h"
+
+char	*get_command(t_minishell *app);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/minishell.c b/src/minishell.c
index b706ffb..52e6da4 100644
--- a/src/minishell.c
+++ b/src/minishell.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
 /*   Created: 2025/02/06 13:44:06 by kcolin            #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/04/15 11:56:50 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Updated: 2025/04/15 14:36:03 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ static void	execute_command(t_simple_cmd *cmd, t_minishell *app)
 	set_interactive_mode_sig_handling();
 }
 
+static void	debug_command(t_cmd *cmd, t_minishell *app)
+{
+	t_buffer	*indent;
+
+	if (app->debug == false)
+		return ;
+	indent = ft_buffer_new();
+	cmd_debug(cmd, indent, true);
+	ft_buffer_free(indent);
+}
+
 /*
 ** Do all the post-processing steps relating to a command.
 */
@@ -62,15 +73,6 @@ static void	app_init(t_minishell *app, char **envp)
 	app->env = env_from_envp(envp);
 }
 
-static void	debug_command(t_cmd *cmd)
-{
-	t_buffer	*indent;
-
-	indent = ft_buffer_new();
-	cmd_debug(cmd, indent, true);
-	ft_buffer_free(indent);
-}
-
 int	main(int argc, char *argv[], char **envp)
 {
 	char		*line;
@@ -81,9 +83,10 @@ int	main(int argc, char *argv[], char **envp)
 	(void)argv;
 	set_interactive_mode_sig_handling();
 	app_init(&app, envp);
+	app.debug = true;
 	line = "echo coucou";
 	cmd = minishell_parse(&app, line);
-	debug_command(cmd);
+	debug_command(cmd, &app);
 	cmd_destroy(cmd);
 	env_destroy(app.env);
 	return (0);
diff --git a/src/minishell.h b/src/minishell.h
index 68ef6e3..cea5010 100644
--- a/src/minishell.h
+++ b/src/minishell.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 /*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
 /*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
-/*   Created: 2025/04/14 15:00/22 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/04/14 15:00:22 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Created: 2025/04/09 13:49:28 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
+/*   Updated: 2025/04/15 12:01:54 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ typedef struct s_minishell
 	t_env	*env;
 	int		lines_read;
 	int		last_return_value;
+	bool	debug;
 }	t_minishell;
 
 t_redirect	*t_redirect_add_back(t_redirect **init, t_redirect *back);