diff --git a/qsgen2 b/qsgen2
index 2212d7e..b72d1e9 100755
--- a/qsgen2
+++ b/qsgen2
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ function _pages() {
         # Insert page_content into pages_tpl by replacing the BODY tag present there
         if (${debug}) _msg debug "_pages: Replacing BODY with page_content in pages_tpl using Perl"
         # Use Perl for multi-line and special character handling
-        local pages_tpl=$( echo "${pages_tpl}" | sed -e "s|BODY|${page_content}|" )
+        local pages_tpl=$( echo "${pages_tpl}" | sed --debug -e "s|BODY|${page_content}|" )
         
         # Replace every #pagetitle in pages_tpl
         if (${debug}) _msg debug "_pages: Replacing #pagetitle in pages_tpl"