diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dcdbf90e..f5668ae9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ signal-hook = "0.1.10"
 nix = "*"
 melib = { path = "melib", version = "*" }
 ui = { path = "ui", version = "*" }
+#enable for debug tracing logs
+#melib = { path = "melib", version = "*", features=["debug-tracing",] }
+#ui = { path = "ui", version = "*", features=["debug-tracing",] }
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ members = ["melib", "ui", "debug_printer", "testing", "text_processing"]
 
 [features]
 default = []
-
-# Print tracing logs as meli runs
-debug-tracing = []
+# Print tracing logs as meli runs in stderr
+#
+# enable for debug tracing logs
+# debug-tracing = []
diff --git a/README b/README
index c7a8c0ed..0da2e428 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -54,10 +54,13 @@ DEVELOPMENT
 Development builds can be built and/or run with
 
 # cargo build
-# cargo run 2> debug.log
+# cargo run
 
-The debug logs can be disabled by setting debug-assertions to false in the
-development profile in Cargo.toml. In the future debug logs will be a feature.
+There is a debug/tracing log feature that can be enabled by using the flag
+`--feature debug-tracing` after uncommenting the features in `Cargo.toml`. The logs
+are printed in stderr, thus you can run meli with a redirection (i.e `2> log`)
+
+Code style follows the default rustfmt profile.
 
 CONFIG
 ======
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ meli by default looks for a configuration file in this location:
 You can run meli with arbitrary configuration files by setting the MELI_CONFIG
 environment variable to their locations, ie:
 
-# MELI_CONFIG=./test_config cargo run 2> debug.log
+# MELI_CONFIG=./test_config cargo run
 
 TESTING
 =======