diff --git a/toot/console.py b/toot/console.py
index a280e52..3076517 100644
--- a/toot/console.py
+++ b/toot/console.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import sys
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, FileType, ArgumentTypeError, Action
 from collections import namedtuple
 from itertools import chain
-from toot import config, commands, CLIENT_NAME, CLIENT_WEBSITE, __version__
+from toot import config, commands, CLIENT_NAME, CLIENT_WEBSITE, __version__, settings
 from toot.exceptions import ApiError, ConsoleError
 from toot.output import print_out, print_err
 from toot.settings import get_setting
@@ -932,9 +932,8 @@ def run_command(app, user, name, args):
 
 
 def main():
-    # Enable debug logging if --debug is in args
-    if "--debug" in sys.argv:
-        filename = os.getenv("TOOT_LOG_FILE")
+    if settings.get_debug():
+        filename = settings.get_debug_file()
         logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, filename=filename)
         logging.getLogger("urllib3").setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
diff --git a/toot/settings.py b/toot/settings.py
index 1f08afe..aa02c1b 100644
--- a/toot/settings.py
+++ b/toot/settings.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
 from functools import lru_cache
 from os.path import exists, join
 from tomlkit import parse
 from toot.config import get_config_dir
-from typing import Type
+from typing import Optional, Type
 
 
 TOOT_SETTINGS_FILE_NAME = "settings.toml"
@@ -51,3 +54,18 @@ def _get_setting(dct, keys, type: Type, default=None):
         return _get_setting(dct[key], keys[1:], type, default)
 
     return default
+
+
+def get_debug() -> bool:
+    if "--debug" in sys.argv:
+        return True
+
+    return get_setting("common.debug", bool, False)
+
+
+def get_debug_file() -> Optional[str]:
+    from_env = os.getenv("TOOT_LOG_FILE")
+    if from_env:
+        return from_env
+
+    return get_setting("common.debug_file", str)