diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8218998..c23a1cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,4 +72,17 @@ cmake_install.cmake
 install_manifest.txt
 compile_commands.json
 CTestTestfile.cmake
-_deps
\ No newline at end of file
+_deps
+
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+!.vscode/*.code-snippets
+
+# Local History for Visual Studio Code
+.history/
+
+# Built Visual Studio Code Extensions
+*.vsix
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e202e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "cmake.sourceDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}/Sources/src/Visnode",
+    "cmake.configureOnOpen": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Sources/src/Visnode/prog b/Sources/src/Visnode/prog
index c21169f..1831c0e 100755
Binary files a/Sources/src/Visnode/prog and b/Sources/src/Visnode/prog differ
diff --git a/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/CMakeLists.txt b/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/CMakeLists.txt
index cfbdbf1..d15a8dc 100644
--- a/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 set(thredweaver_source_files
     threadweaver.cpp
     threadweaver.hpp
+    debugging.hpp
 )
 MESSAGE(STATUS "building threadweaver")
 add_library(threadweaver ${thredweaver_source_files})
diff --git a/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/debugging.hpp b/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/debugging.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01aa14c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/debugging.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#define DBGMODE
+
+#define DBGPRINT(x) do { \
+  if (DBGMODE) { std::cerr << x << std::endl; } \
+} while (0)
+
diff --git a/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/threadweaver.hpp b/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/threadweaver.hpp
index c8e2df4..b595d5b 100644
--- a/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/threadweaver.hpp
+++ b/Sources/src/Visnode/threadweaver/threadweaver.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
+#include "./debugging.hpp"
 
 //main thread manager
 class Threadweaver{