diff --git a/webservice/picclservice/picclservice.py b/webservice/picclservice/picclservice.py
index 775b34f..2f39dc9 100644
--- a/webservice/picclservice/picclservice.py
+++ b/webservice/picclservice/picclservice.py
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@
         BooleanParameter('parser','Dependency Parser',"Dependency parser (for Dutch only!)", default=False),
         BooleanParameter('chunker','Chunker / Shallow-parser Parser',"Chunker / Shallow parser (for Dutch only!)", default=False),
     ]),
+    ('Debug', [
+        BooleanParameter('debug',"Enable extra debug output (make sure to delete the project after you are done!)", default=False),
+    ]),
     #('Focus Word Selection', [
     #    IntegerParameter('minlength','Minimum Word Length','Integer between zero and one hundred',default=5,minvalue=0, maxvalue=100), #old ticcl -x
     #    IntegerParameter('maxlength','Maximum Word Length','Integer between zero and one hundred',default=100,minvalue=0, maxvalue=100), #old ticcl -y
diff --git a/webservice/picclservice/picclservice_wrapper.py b/webservice/picclservice/picclservice_wrapper.py
index 7ba111f..03c96b1 100755
--- a/webservice/picclservice/picclservice_wrapper.py
+++ b/webservice/picclservice/picclservice_wrapper.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 print("System default encoding: ", sys.getdefaultencoding(), file=sys.stderr)
 
+
 #If you make use of CUSTOM_FORMATS, you need to import your service configuration file here and set clam.common.data.CUSTOM_FORMATS
 #Moreover, you can import any other settings from your service configuration file as well:
 
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@
 #Obtain all data from the CLAM system (passed in $DATAFILE (clam.xml)), always pass CUSTOM_FORMATS as second argument if you make use of it!
 clamdata = clam.common.data.getclamdata(datafile)
 
+if 'debug' in clamdata and clamdata['debug']:
+    print("Locale information: ", file=sys.stderr)
+    os.system("locale >&2", file=sys.stderr)
+
 #You now have access to all data. A few properties at your disposition now are:
 # clamdata.system_id , clamdata.project, clamdata.user, clamdata.status , clamdata.parameters, clamdata.inputformats, clamdata.outputformats , clamdata.input , clamdata.output
 
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ def fail(prefix=None):
     if prefix:
         nextflowout(prefix)
     if os.path.exists('work'):
-        if not os.environ.get('PICCLDEBUG',False):
+        if 'debug' not in clamdata or not clamdata['debug']:
             shutil.rmtree('work')
         sys.exit(1)