diff --git a/tools/chatgui/tests/test_stream_publish.cpp b/tools/chatgui/tests/test_stream_publish.cpp
index ddf73fe7..40aa13ec 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/tests/test_stream_publish.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/tests/test_stream_publish.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ private slots:
         debug_config_init(); debug_set_level(DEBUG_LEVEL_WARN); debug_set_category_level(DEBUG_CATEGORY_STREAM, DEBUG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
         debug_set_category_level(DEBUG_CATEGORY_SYS, DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR);
         debug_set_category_level(DEBUG_CATEGORY_VIDEO, DEBUG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
+        if (qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("UTUN_TEST_DEBUG")) debug_set_category_level(DEBUG_CATEGORY_DEBUG, DEBUG_LEVEL_DEBUG);
         if (qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("UTUN_TEST_SCREEN_CAPTURE")) {
             qunsetenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY"); qputenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE", "x11");
             QLoggingCategory::setFilterRules("qt.multimedia.*=true");