diff --git a/postgres_backup.sh b/postgres_backup.sh
index d8ba7ca..baa7356 100755
--- a/postgres_backup.sh
+++ b/postgres_backup.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 # Usage:
-# postgres_backup.sh [man]		//Manual backup
-# postgres_backup.sh auto		//Auto backup (separate backup location)
-# postgres_backup.sh [auto|man] debug	//Outputs status messages to STDOUT
+# postgres_backup.sh [man]		//Manual backup, full output
+# postgres_backup.sh auto		//Auto backup (separate backup location, only outputs STDERR messages)
 
 # CONFIG
 ### Example Config File ############
@@ -15,25 +14,30 @@
 ### THREADS=2
 ###
 ####################################
-
+#
+# Load config file:
 source ${HOME}/.postgres_backup.conf
-# END CONFIG
-
-
-## Check if debug mode is called, and define debug message function
-[ "$2" = "debug" ] && DEBUG="true" || DEBUG="false"
-msg_debug() {
-	[ "$DEBUG" = "true" ] && echo -e "$1"
-}
 
 
 ## Check if automated, set appropriate directory
-[ "$1" = "auto" ] && DIR=${DIR}/auto || DIR=${DIR}/manual
-msg_debug "Backup directory set to $(tput bold)${DIR}$(tput sgr0)"
+if [ "$1" = "auto" ]; then
+	AUTO="true"
+	DIR=${DIR}/auto
+else
+	AUTO="false"
+	DIR=${DIR}/manual
+fi
+
+## Define message command
+msg_show() {
+	[ "$AUTO" = "false" ] && printf "$1"
+}
+
+msg_show "Backup directory set to $(tput bold)${DIR}$(tput sgr0)\n"
 
 ## Set date for timestamp
 DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M)
-msg_debug "Date set to $(tput bold)${DATE}$(tput sgr0)"
+msg_show "Timestamp set to $(tput bold)${DATE}$(tput sgr0)\n"
 
 ## Get list of DBs
 list_db=$(psql -p${PORT} -U postgres -t -c 'select datname from pg_database;' | grep -v 'template0\|template1\|postgres' | sed '/^$/d')
@@ -42,30 +46,29 @@ case $COMPRESSION in
 	xz)
 		compress="xz -T${THREADS} -${COMP_LEVEL} -"
 		comp_ext="xz"
-		msg_debug "Compression set to $(tput bold)${COMPRESSION}$(tput sgr0)"
+		msg_show "Compression set to $(tput bold)${COMPRESSION}$(tput sgr0)\n"
 		;;
 	zstd)
 		compress="zstd -T${THREADS} -${COMP_LEVEL} -z -"
 		comp_ext="zst"
-		msg_debug "Compression set to $(tput bold)${COMPRESSION}$(tput sgr0)"
+		msg_show "Compression set to $(tput bold)${COMPRESSION}$(tput sgr0)\n"
 		;;
 	*)
-		echo "ERROR 11: Compression not configured correctly!" >2
+		echo "ERROR 11: Compression not configured correctly!" >&2
 		exit 11
 		;;
 esac
 
-msg_debug "\nStarting backup procedures...\n"
+msg_show "\nStarting backup procedures...\n\n"
 
 ## Backup globals
 pg_dumpall -p${PORT} -g | eval $compress > ${DIR}/globals_${DATE}.dmp.${comp_ext}
-msg_debug "Backed up $(tput setaf 2)$(tput bold)globals$(tput sgr0) as '$(tput setaf 3)${DIR}/globals_${DATE}.dmp.${comp_ext}$(tput sgr0)' using '$(tput bold)${compress}$(tput sgr0)'"
+msg_show "Backed up $(tput setaf 2)$(tput bold)globals$(tput sgr0) as $(tput setaf 3)${DIR}/globals_${DATE}.dmp.${comp_ext}$(tput sgr0) using $(tput bold)${compress}$(tput sgr0)\n"
 
-msg_debug "Starting DB dump loop..."
 for db in $list_db; do
 	target="${DIR}/${db}_${DATE}.dmp.${comp_ext}"
 	pg_dump -O $db | eval $compress > $target
-	msg_debug "Backed up '$(tput setaf 2)$(tput bold)${db}$(tput sgr0)' as '$(tput setaf 3)${target}$(tput sgr0)' using '$(tput bold)${compress}$(tput sgr0)'"
+	msg_show "Backed up $(tput setaf 2)$(tput bold)${db}$(tput sgr0) as $(tput setaf 3)${target}$(tput sgr0) using $(tput bold)${compress}$(tput sgr0)\n"
 done
 
 exit 0