diff --git a/test/debug.bats b/test/debug.bats
index fcc069c..c223a9f 100755
--- a/test/debug.bats
+++ b/test/debug.bats
@@ -84,19 +84,31 @@ teardown() {
 
 @test "_printArray_: Array" {
   testArray=(1 2 3)
+  VERBOSE=true
   run _printArray_ "testArray"
   assert_success
-  assert_line --index 1 "0 = 1"
-  assert_line --index 2 "1 = 2"
-  assert_line --index 3 "2 = 3"
+  assert_line --index 1 "[  debug] 0 = 1"
+  assert_line --index 2 "[  debug] 1 = 2"
+  assert_line --index 3 "[  debug] 2 = 3"
+}
+
+@test "_printArray_: don't print unless verbose mode" {
+  testArray=(1 2 3)
+  VERBOSE=false
+  run _printArray_ "testArray"
+  assert_success
+  refute_output --partial "[  debug] 0 = 1"
+  refute_output --partial "[  debug] 1 = 2"
+  refute_output --partial "[  debug] 2 = 3"
 }
 
 @test "_printArray_: Associative array" {
   declare -A assoc_array
+  VERBOSE=true
   assoc_array=([foo]=bar [baz]=foobar)
   run _printArray_ "assoc_array"
   assert_success
-  assert_line --index 1 "foo = bar"
-  assert_line --index 2 "baz = foobar"
+  assert_line --index 1 "[  debug] foo = bar"
+  assert_line --index 2 "[  debug] baz = foobar"
 
 }
diff --git a/utilities/debug.bash b/utilities/debug.bash
index e2f6f14..64b45b7 100644
--- a/utilities/debug.bash
+++ b/utilities/debug.bash
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ _printAnsi_() {
 
 _printArray_() {
     # DESC:
-    #         Prints the content of array as key value pairs for easier debugging
+    #         Prints the content of array as key value pairs for easier debugging. Only prints in verbose mode.
     # ARGS:
     #         $1 (Required) - String variable name of the array
     # OUTS:
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ _printArray_() {
 
     local _arrayName="${1}"
     declare -n _arr="${1}"
-    printf "${underline}Printing contents of \${%s${reset}[@]}\n" "${_arrayName}"
+    [[ ${VERBOSE} != true ]] && return 0
+    debug "Printing contents of \${${_arrayName}[@]}"
+
     for _k in "${!_arr[@]}"; do
-        printf "%s = %s\n" "$_k" "${_arr[$_k]}"
+        debug "${_k} = ${_arr[$_k]}"
     done
 }