diff --git a/modules/database.py b/modules/database.py
index a7432d0..1a5ee7d 100644
--- a/modules/database.py
+++ b/modules/database.py
@@ -455,6 +455,15 @@ def run_database_command(cmd_string, username, hide=False):
         cmd_string=cmd_string,
     )
 
+    if env.debug:
+
+        # print out the full command and return
+
+        logger = loggify('database', 'run_database_command')
+        logger.debug("run_database_command = %s" % cmd_full)
+
+        return
+
     # NOTE
     # DO NOT USE "with hide"
     # one of the commands is to access to psql commandline