diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/conf/autoload_configs/spandsp.conf.xml b/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/conf/autoload_configs/spandsp.conf.xml
index 6f062cc731..c2c943bf30 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/conf/autoload_configs/spandsp.conf.xml
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/conf/autoload_configs/spandsp.conf.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 	<param name="file-prefix"	value="faxrx"/>
     </fax-settings>
 
-    <descriptors>
+    <descriptors debug-level="0">
 
      <!-- These tones are defined in Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 781 - 1.II.2003 -->
      <!-- Various Tones Used in National Networks (According to ITU-T Recommendation E.180)(03/1998) -->
diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/mod_spandsp.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/mod_spandsp.c
index f79bea68ac..8a382cfcb1 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/mod_spandsp.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_spandsp/mod_spandsp.c
@@ -492,8 +492,6 @@ switch_status_t load_configuration(switch_bool_t reload)
     spandsp_globals.ident = "SpanDSP Fax Ident";
     spandsp_globals.header = "SpanDSP Fax Header";
     spandsp_globals.timezone = "";
-
-	/* TODO make configuration param */
 	spandsp_globals.tonedebug = 0;
 
 	if ((xml = switch_xml_open_cfg("spandsp.conf", &cfg, NULL)) || (xml = switch_xml_open_cfg("fax.conf", &cfg, NULL))) {
@@ -592,6 +590,16 @@ switch_status_t load_configuration(switch_bool_t reload)
 
         /* Configure call progress detector */
         if ((callprogress = switch_xml_child(cfg, "descriptors"))) {
+			/* check if debugging is enabled */
+			const char *debug = switch_xml_attr(callprogress, "debug-level");
+			if (!zstr(debug) && switch_is_number(debug)) {
+				int debug_val = atoi(debug);
+				if (debug_val > 0) {
+					switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "Setting tone detector debug-level to : %d\n", debug_val);
+					spandsp_globals.tonedebug = debug_val;
+				}
+			}
+
             for (xdescriptor = switch_xml_child(callprogress, "descriptor"); xdescriptor; xdescriptor = switch_xml_next(xdescriptor)) {
                 const char *name = switch_xml_attr(xdescriptor, "name");
                 const char *tone_name = NULL;