diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 05b17ba..c7f6dc5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CC=g++
 CXXFLAGS= -I$(IDIR) -Wall -std=c++20
 ifeq	($(DEBUG),true)
 	# debugging flags
-	CXXFLAGS += -g
+	CXXFLAGS += -g -D DEBUG_MODE
 	RODIR = $(ODIR)/debug
 else
 	# release flags
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 30ff321..289f4fa 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -171,11 +171,13 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
       list_fcts(sh, re_fct_exclude);
     else if(options["list-cmd"])
       list_cmds(sh, regex_null);
-    // output
+#ifdef DEBUG_MODE
     else if(options['J'])
     {
       std::cout << gen_json_struc(sh) << std::endl;
     }
+#endif
+    // output
     else
     {
       // post-listing modifiers
diff --git a/src/options.cpp b/src/options.cpp
index e25f5e3..443af50 100644
--- a/src/options.cpp
+++ b/src/options.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ ztd::option_set options( {
   ztd::option('c', "stdout",        false, "Output result script to stdout"),
   ztd::option('e', "exec",          false, "Directly execute script"),
   ztd::option("no-shebang",         false, "Don't output shebang"),
+#ifdef DEBUG_MODE
+  ztd::option("\r  [Debugging]"),
   ztd::option('J', "json",          false, "Output the json structure"),
+#endif
   ztd::option("\r  [Processing]"),
   ztd::option('m', "minify",        false, "Minify code without changing functionality"),
   ztd::option('M', "minify-full",   false, "Enable all minifying features: -m --minify-quotes --minify-var --minify-fct --remove-unused"),
diff --git a/src/processing.cpp b/src/processing.cpp
index 91a59ff..0d25e21 100644
--- a/src/processing.cpp
+++ b/src/processing.cpp
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ std::string boolstring(bool in)
     return "false";
 }
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_MODE
 std::string gen_json_struc(_obj* o)
 {
   if(o==nullptr)
@@ -846,3 +847,4 @@ std::string gen_json_struc(_obj* o)
   }
   return gen_json(vec);
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/src/shellcode.cpp b/src/shellcode.cpp
index 03919e3..84e7edf 100644
--- a/src/shellcode.cpp
+++ b/src/shellcode.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 #include "struc_helper.hpp"
 
 const std::map<const std::string, const lxsh_fct> lxsh_extend_fcts = {
-  { "_lxsh_random",         { "[K]", "Generate a random number between 0 and 2^(K*8). Default 2", RANDOM_SH} },
-  { "_lxsh_random_string",  { "[N]", "Generate a random alphanumeric string of length N. Default 20", RANDOM_STRING_SH} },
-  { "_lxsh_random_tmpfile", { "[N]", "Get a random TMP filepath, with N random chars. Default 20", RANDOM_TMPFILE_SH, {"_lxsh_random_string"} } }
+    { "_lxsh_random",         { "[K]", "Generate a random number between 0 and 2^(K*8). Default 2", RANDOM_SH} },
+    { "_lxsh_random_string",  { "[N]", "Generate a random alphanumeric string of length N. Default 20", RANDOM_STRING_SH} },
+    { "_lxsh_random_tmpfile", { "[N]", "Get a random TMP filepath, with N random chars. Default 20", RANDOM_TMPFILE_SH, {"_lxsh_random_string"} }
+  }
 };
 
 const std::map<const std::string, const lxsh_fct> lxsh_array_fcts = {