diff --git a/exe/ruby_ast_gen b/exe/ruby_ast_gen
index 3d6b36b..5be3907 100755
--- a/exe/ruby_ast_gen
+++ b/exe/ruby_ast_gen
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ options = {
   input: nil,
   output: '.ast',
   exclude: '^(tests?|vendor|spec)',
+  debug: false
 }
 
 # Parse ARGV manually
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ while i < ARGV.size
   when '-e', '--exclude'
     i += 1
     options[:exclude] = ARGV[i]
+  when '-d', '--debug'
+    i += 1
+    options[:debug] = true 
   when '--version'
     puts RubyAstGen::VERSION
     exit
@@ -35,6 +39,7 @@ Usage:
   -i, --input      The input file or directory (required)
   -o, --output     The output directory (default: '.ast')
   -e, --exclude    The exclusion regex (default: '^(tests?|vendor|spec)')
+  -d, --debug      Enable debug logging
       --version    Print the version
       --help       Print usage
     HELP
diff --git a/lib/ruby_ast_gen.rb b/lib/ruby_ast_gen.rb
index 116f762..fc93585 100644
--- a/lib/ruby_ast_gen.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby_ast_gen.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ module RubyAstGen
 
   module Logger
 
+    def self.debug(message)
+      puts "[DEBUG] #{message}"
+    end
+
     def self.info(message)
       puts "[INFO] #{message}"
     end
@@ -25,10 +29,18 @@ def self.error(message)
 
   # Main method to parse the input and generate the AST output
   def self.parse(opts)
+    if opts[:debug]
+      RubyAstGen::Logger::debug "CLI Arguments received: #{opts}" 
+    end
+
     input_path = opts[:input]
     output_dir = opts[:output]
     exclude_regex = Regexp.new(opts[:exclude])
 
+    if opts[:debug]
+      RubyAstGen::Logger::debug "Exclude Regex Received: #{exclude_regex}"
+    end
+
     FileUtils.mkdir_p(output_dir)
 
     if File.file?(input_path)