diff --git a/puppet-apply-step/contents/puppet_apply b/puppet-apply-step/contents/puppet_apply
index d6bacae..185fd87 100755
--- a/puppet-apply-step/contents/puppet_apply
+++ b/puppet-apply-step/contents/puppet_apply
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ else PUPPET_CMD="puppet apply"
 fi
 
 if [[ "${LOGLEVEL}" == DEBUG ]]
-then PUPPET_CMD="$PUPPET_CMD --verbose"
+then PUPPET_CMD="$PUPPET_CMD --debug"
 fi
 
 printf >&2 "Executing : $PUPPET_CMD $@ $MANIFEST\n"
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ printf >&2 "Executing : $PUPPET_CMD $@ $MANIFEST\n"
 $PUPPET_CMD "$@" $MANIFEST
 
 exit $?
-# Done.
\ No newline at end of file
+# Done.