diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f58dee..abe4d98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,21 +60,24 @@ This is needed for pre-loading the selected profile (unless you allowed local fi
 
 ## Build
 
+### Dependencies
+
 Requires [Node and npm](http://nodejs.org/) (or [io.js](https://iojs.org)), [Bower](http://bower.io/) and [Gulp](http://gulpjs.com/):
 
     npm install -g bower
     npm install -g gulp
 
-Install:
+### Install
 
     npm install
     bower install
 
-Build:
+### Build
 
-    gulp
+    gulp #for release
+    gulp debug #for development
 
-Develop:
+### Develop
 
     gulp watch
 
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 7478b0b..823ff31 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ var path = require('path');
 var cached = require('gulp-cached');
 var remember = require('gulp-remember');
 var inject = require('gulp-inject');
+var gulpif = require('gulp-if');
+var gutil = require('gulp-util');
+
+var debug = false;
 
 var paths = {
   // see overrides in bower.json
   scriptsConfig: mainBowerFiles('**/url-search-params/**/*.js'),
   scripts: mainBowerFiles([
-    '**/*.js', 
+    '**/*.js',
     '!**/*.min.js',
     '!**/url-search-params/**/*.js'
   ]).concat([
@@ -43,10 +47,15 @@ gulp.task('scripts_config', ['clean'], function() {
 });
 
 gulp.task('scripts', function() {
+  if (debug)
+    gutil.log( gutil.colors.yellow('Running in Debug mode') );
+  else
+    gutil.log( gutil.colors.green('Running in Release mode') );
+
   return gulp.src(paths.scripts, { base: '.' })
     .pipe(sourcemaps.init())
-      .pipe(cached('scripts')) 
-      .pipe(uglify())
+      .pipe(cached('scripts'))
+      .pipe(gulpif(!debug, uglify()))
       .pipe(remember('scripts'))
       .pipe(concat(paths.destName + '.js'))
     .pipe(sourcemaps.write('.'))
@@ -93,16 +102,17 @@ gulp.task('fonts', ['clean'], function() {
 
 gulp.task('clean', function(cb) {
   del(paths.dest + '/**/*' , cb);
-}); 
+});
 
 gulp.task('watch', function() {
+  debug = true;
   var watcher = gulp.watch(paths.scripts, ['scripts']);
   watcher.on('change', function (event) {
     if (event.type === 'deleted') {
       delete cached.caches.scripts[event.path];
       remember.forget('scripts', event.path);
     }
-  });  
+  });
 });
 
 gulp.task('debug', function() {
@@ -125,3 +135,8 @@ gulp.task('inject', function () {
 });
 
 gulp.task('default', ['clean', 'scripts_config', 'scripts', 'styles', 'images', 'fonts']);
+
+gulp.task('debug', function() {
+  debug = true;
+  gulp.start('default');
+});
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58221f5..c42ff37 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "^1.5.1",
     "gulp-tap": "^0.1.3",
     "gulp-uglify": "^1.1.0",
+    "gulp-if": "^2.0.0",
+    "gulp-util": "^3.0.7",
     "main-bower-files": "^2.6.2"
   }
 }