diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 15976f7..dd69da5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ The **patch** part changes is incremented if multiple releases happen the same m
 
 ### Added
 
+* debug() accepts stdin
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/dump-server-state.sh b/dump-server-state.sh
index 841c5ef..a332c2f 100644
--- a/dump-server-state.sh
+++ b/dump-server-state.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ END
 }
 debug() {
     if [ "${VERBOSE}" = "1" ]; then
-        echo "$1"
+        msg="${1:-$(cat /dev/stdin)}"
+        echo "${msg}"
     fi
 }