diff --git a/config.yaml.example b/config.yaml.example
index d457fe5..aacf6c7 100644
--- a/config.yaml.example
+++ b/config.yaml.example
@@ -78,4 +78,6 @@ pretix:
     event: eventslug
     token: randomtokenforpretixapiaccess1234567890 
 auth:
-    token: randomtokenforauthaccess1234567890
\ No newline at end of file
+    token: randomtokenforauthaccess1234567890
+
+debug: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index a539778..4bdeb78 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ MEALS = config["meals"]
 TYPES = config["types"]
 PRETIX = config["pretix"]
 AUTH_TOKEN = config.get("auth", {}).get("token")
-
+DEBUG = config.get("debug", False)
 
 with open("template.txt", "r") as f:
     MAIL_TEMPLATE = Template(f.read())
 
+def debug_print(msg):
+    if DEBUG:
+        print(msg)
 
 def require_auth(f):
     @wraps(f)
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ def require_auth(f):
     return decorated
 
 def send_email(to_email, subject, body, attachment_bytes, filename):
-    print(f"[DEBUG] Sending email to {to_email} with attachment {filename}")
+    debug_print(f"[DEBUG] Sending email to {to_email} with attachment {filename}")
     msg = EmailMessage()
     msg["From"] = MAIL_CONFIG["sender"]
     msg["To"] = to_email
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ def send_email(to_email, subject, body, attachment_bytes, filename):
     server.login(MAIL_CONFIG["user"], MAIL_CONFIG["password"])
     server.send_message(msg)
     server.quit()
-    print("[DEBUG] Email sent successfully")
+    debug_print("[DEBUG] Email sent successfully")
 
 def get_meal_times(meal_key):
     if meal_key.endswith("mittag"):
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ def log_printed(email, meal_key):
     with open("printed.csv", "a", newline="") as csvfile:
         writer = csv.writer(csvfile, delimiter=";")
         writer.writerow([date_str, time_str, meal_key, location])
-    print(f"[DEBUG] Logged printed PDF: {location} - {meal_key}")
+    debug_print(f"[DEBUG] Logged printed PDF: {location} - {meal_key}")
 
 def generate_qr(secret):
     qr = qrcode.QRCode(box_size=10, border=4)
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ def generate_qr(secret):
 @require_auth
 def order():
     data = request.get_json()
-    print(f"[DEBUG] Incoming request JSON: {data}")
+    debug_print(f"[DEBUG] Incoming request JSON: {data}")
 
     email = data.get("email")
     typ = data.get("type")
@@ -118,26 +121,26 @@ def order():
     url = f"{PRETIX['host']}/api/v1/organizers/{PRETIX['organizer']}/events/{PRETIX['event']}/orders/"
     headers = {"Authorization": f"Token {PRETIX['token']}"}
 
-    print(f"[DEBUG] Sending POST to Pretix: {url} with body {pretix_body}")
+    debug_print(f"[DEBUG] Sending POST to Pretix: {url} with body {pretix_body}")
     resp = requests.post(url, json=pretix_body, headers=headers)
-    print(f"[DEBUG] Pretix response status: {resp.status_code}")
-    print(f"[DEBUG] Pretix response text: {resp.text}")
+    debug_print(f"[DEBUG] Pretix response status: {resp.status_code}")
+    debug_print(f"[DEBUG] Pretix response text: {resp.text}")
 
     try:
         resp_json = resp.json()
-        print(f"[DEBUG] Pretix response JSON: {resp_json}")
+        debug_print(f"[DEBUG] Pretix response JSON: {resp_json}")
     except ValueError:
-        print("[DEBUG] Pretix returned no JSON")
+        debug_print("[DEBUG] Pretix returned no JSON")
         return jsonify({"error": "Pretix returned no JSON", "status_code": resp.status_code, "text": resp.text}), 502
 
     if "positions" in resp_json and "item" in resp_json["positions"][0] and isinstance(resp_json["positions"][0]["item"], list):
         if isinstance(resp_json["positions"][0]["item"][0], str):
-            print("[DEBUG] Not enough quota available")
+            debug_print("[DEBUG] Not enough quota available")
             return "Essen ist bereits alle", 418
 
     try:
         secret = resp_json["positions"][0]["secret"]
-        print(f"[DEBUG] Secret: {secret}")
+        debug_print(f"[DEBUG] Secret: {secret}")
     except (KeyError, IndexError):
         return jsonify({"error": "Secret not found in Pretix response", "resp_json": resp_json}), 500
 
@@ -160,4 +163,4 @@ def order():
     return "Token gesendet", 201
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000, debug=True)
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000, debug=DEBUG)