diff --git a/DrBotIRC.py b/DrBotIRC.py
index 0949508..c42ccba 100644
--- a/DrBotIRC.py
+++ b/DrBotIRC.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class DrBotIRC(irclib.IRC):
 
             for alias in alias_list:
                 alias_re = re.compile(alias, re.IGNORECASE)
-                if alias_re.search(what):
+                if alias_re.search(what) and alias != 'debug':
                     # we found an alias for our given string, doing a replace
                     command = re.sub(alias, self.config.get('Alias', alias), what, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
                     event.arguments()[0] = command