diff --git a/tools/osquery/example_osquery.flags b/tools/osquery/example_osquery.flags
index 256d725c44..907f73181f 100644
--- a/tools/osquery/example_osquery.flags
+++ b/tools/osquery/example_osquery.flags
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 --force=true
 --host_identifier=hostname
 --verbose=true
+--debug
 --tls_dump=true
 
 --tls_hostname=dockerhost:8080
@@ -22,4 +23,4 @@
 
 --logger_plugin=tls
 --logger_tls_endpoint=/api/v1/osquery/log
---logger_tls_period=10
\ No newline at end of file
+--logger_tls_period=10