diff --git a/hypha/bin/controller.rs b/hypha/bin/controller.rs
index f7867d7..9b91e2d 100644
--- a/hypha/bin/controller.rs
+++ b/hypha/bin/controller.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ enum Commands {
         env: Option<Vec<String>>,
         #[arg(short, long)]
         attach: bool,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        debug: bool,
         #[arg()]
         image: String,
         #[arg(allow_hyphen_values = true, trailing_var_arg = true)]
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             attach,
             env,
             run,
+            debug,
         } => {
             let kernel = map_kernel_path(&store_path, kernel);
             let initrd = map_initrd_path(&store_path, initrd);
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 mem,
                 env,
                 if run.is_empty() { None } else { Some(run) },
+                debug,
             )?;
             println!("launched container: {}", uuid);
             if attach {
diff --git a/hypha/src/ctl/mod.rs b/hypha/src/ctl/mod.rs
index 8339a85..04c4ab4 100644
--- a/hypha/src/ctl/mod.rs
+++ b/hypha/src/ctl/mod.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ impl Controller {
         mem: u64,
         env: Option<Vec<String>>,
         run: Option<Vec<String>>,
+        debug: bool,
     ) -> Result<(Uuid, u32)> {
         let uuid = Uuid::new_v4();
         let name = format!("hypha-{uuid}");
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ impl Controller {
         let image_squashfs_loop = self.autoloop.loopify(image_squashfs_path)?;
         let cfgblk_squashfs_loop = self.autoloop.loopify(cfgblk_squashfs_path)?;
 
+        let cmdline_options = [if debug { "debug" } else { "quiet" }, "elevator=noop"];
+        let cmdline = cmdline_options.join(" ");
+
         let config = DomainConfig {
             backend_domid: 0,
             name: &name,
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ impl Controller {
             mem_mb: mem,
             kernel_path,
             initrd_path,
-            cmdline: "quiet elevator=noop",
+            cmdline: &cmdline,
             disks: vec![
                 DomainDisk {
                     vdev: "xvda",
diff --git a/initrd/build.sh b/initrd/build.sh
index 37cbf6d..319880f 100755
--- a/initrd/build.sh
+++ b/initrd/build.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cd "$(dirname "${0}")/.."
 HYPHA_DIR="${PWD}"
 cargo build --bin hyphactr --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
 INITRD_DIR="$(mktemp -d /tmp/hypha-initrd.XXXXXXXXXXXXX)"
-cp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/hyphactr "${INITRD_DIR}/init"
+cp "target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/hyphactr" "${INITRD_DIR}/init"
 chmod +x "${INITRD_DIR}/init"
 cd "${INITRD_DIR}"
 mkdir -p "${HYPHA_DIR}/target/initrd"
diff --git a/scripts/fix.sh b/scripts/fix.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0e56133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/fix.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+cd "$(dirname "${0}")/.."
+cargo fmt --all
+cargo clippy --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --fix --allow-dirty --allow-staged