diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/vpnmain.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/vpnmain.cgi
index b3cd3e51e..d2bc70a27 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/vpnmain.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/vpnmain.cgi
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ sub writeipsecfiles {
 	flock CONF, 2;
 	flock SECRETS, 2;
 	print CONF "version 2\n\n";
+	print CONF "config setup\n";
+	print CONF "\tcharondebug=\"dmn 0, mgr 0, ike 0, chd 0, job 0, cfg 0, knl 0, net 0, asn 0, enc 0, lib 0, esp 0, tls 0, tnc 0, imc 0, imv 0, pts 0\"\n";
+	print CONF "\n";
 	print CONF "conn %default\n";
 	print CONF "\tkeyingtries=%forever\n";
 	print CONF "\n";