diff --git a/start-utils b/start-utils
index df784f58..9e1cdd6c 100755
--- a/start-utils
+++ b/start-utils
@@ -182,5 +182,9 @@ function removeOldMods {
 }
 
 function get() {
-    mc-image-helper get "$@"
+  local flags=()
+  if isDebugging; then
+    flags+=("--debug")
+  fi
+  mc-image-helper "${flags[@]}" get "$@"
 }
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