diff --git a/src/ChurchCRM/dto/SystemConfig.php b/src/ChurchCRM/dto/SystemConfig.php
index d3bbeb4a1d..e57236c598 100644
--- a/src/ChurchCRM/dto/SystemConfig.php
+++ b/src/ChurchCRM/dto/SystemConfig.php
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ public static function getMonoLogLevels()
   private static function buildConfigs()
   {
     return array(
-        "debug" => new ConfigItem(2, "debug", "boolean", "0", gettext("Set debug mode for sql errors, note ORM logs are controlled by sLogLevel")),
         "sLogLevel" => new ConfigItem(4, "sLogLevel", "choice", "200", gettext("Event Log severity to write, used by ORM and App Logs"), json_encode(SystemConfig::getMonoLogLevels())),
         "sDirClassifications" => new ConfigItem(5, "sDirClassifications", "text", "1,2,4,5", gettext("Include only these classifications in the directory, comma seperated")),
         "sDirRoleHead" => new ConfigItem(6, "sDirRoleHead", "text", "1", gettext("These are the family role numbers designated as head of house")),
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ private static function buildCategories()
       gettext('User setup') => ["sMinPasswordLength","sMinPasswordChange","iMaxFailedLogins","sSessionTimeout","sDisallowedPasswords"],
       gettext('Email Setup')  => ["sSMTPHost","sSMTPAuth","sSMTPUser","sSMTPPass", "iSMTPTimeout","sToEmailAddress","mailChimpApiKey"],
       gettext('Member Setup')  => ["sDirClassifications","sDirRoleHead","sDirRoleSpouse","sDirRoleChild","sDefaultCity","sDefaultState","sDefaultCountry","bShowFamilyData","bHidePersonAddress","bHideFriendDate","bHideFamilyNewsletter","bHideWeddingDate","bHideLatLon","cfgForceUppercaseZip","sEnableGravatarPhotos","sEnableSelfRegistration", "bAllowEmptyLastName", "iPersonNameStyle"],
-      gettext('System Settings')  => ["sLastBackupTimeStamp","sExternalBackupAutoInterval","sExternalBackupPassword","sEnableExternalBackupTarget","sExternalBackupType","sExternalBackupEndpoint","sExternalBackupUsername","debug","sLogLevel", "bRegistered","sXML_RPC_PATH","sGZIPname","sZIPname","sPGPname","bCSVAdminOnly","sHeader","sEnableIntegrityCheck","sIntegrityCheckInterval","sLastIntegrityCheckTimeStamp"],
+      gettext('System Settings')  => ["sLastBackupTimeStamp","sExternalBackupAutoInterval","sExternalBackupPassword","sEnableExternalBackupTarget","sExternalBackupType","sExternalBackupEndpoint","sExternalBackupUsername","sLogLevel", "bRegistered","sXML_RPC_PATH","sGZIPname","sZIPname","sPGPname","bCSVAdminOnly","sHeader","sEnableIntegrityCheck","sIntegrityCheckInterval","sLastIntegrityCheckTimeStamp"],
       gettext('Map Settings')  => ["sGeoCoderProvider","sGoogleMapKey","sBingMapKey","sGMapIcons", "iMapZoom","sISTusername","sISTpassword","sGeocoderID","sGeocoderPW"],
       gettext('Report Settings')  => ["sQBDTSettings","leftX","incrementY","sTaxReport1","sTaxReport2","sTaxReport3","sTaxSigner","sReminder1","sReminderSigner","sReminderNoPledge","sReminderNoPayments","sConfirm1","sConfirm2","sConfirm3","sConfirm4","sConfirm5","sConfirm6","sDear","sConfirmSincerely","sConfirmSigner","sPledgeSummary1","sPledgeSummary2","sDirectoryDisclaimer1","sDirectoryDisclaimer2","bDirLetterHead","sZeroGivers","sZeroGivers2","sZeroGivers3"],
       gettext('Localization')  => ["sLanguage","sDistanceUnit","sPhoneFormat","sPhoneFormatWithExt","sDateFormatLong","sDateFormatNoYear","sDateFormatShort","sDateTimeFormat","sDateFilenameFormat"],
diff --git a/src/Include/Functions.php b/src/Include/Functions.php
index a252c010b9..e843754032 100644
--- a/src/Include/Functions.php
+++ b/src/Include/Functions.php
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ function RunQuery($sSQL, $bStopOnError = true)
     if ($result = mysqli_query($cnInfoCentral, $sSQL)) {
         return $result;
     } elseif ($bStopOnError) {
-        if (SystemConfig::getValue('debug')) {
+        if (SystemConfig::getValue('sLogLevel ') == "100") { // debug level
             die(gettext('Cannot execute query.')."<p>$sSQL<p>".mysqli_error());
         } else {
             die('Database error or invalid data');