diff --git a/config/global.ini.php b/config/global.ini.php
index 94d45e6f942..553d6a9c143 100644
--- a/config/global.ini.php
+++ b/config/global.ini.php
@@ -400,6 +400,10 @@
 ; this is useful when you want to do cross websites analysis
 use_third_party_id_cookie = 0
 
+; If tracking does not work for you or you are stuck finding an issue, you might want to enable the tracker debug mode.
+; Once enabled (set to 1) messages will be logged to all loggers defined in "[log] log_writers" config.
+debug = 0
+
 ; There is a feature in the Tracking API that lets you create new visit at any given time, for example if you know that a different user/customer is using
 ; the app then you would want to tell Piwik to create a new visit (even though both users are using the same browser/computer).
 ; To prevent abuse and easy creation of fake visits, this feature requires admin token_auth by default
diff --git a/core/Common.php b/core/Common.php
index b25047f0782..ec31f88280f 100644
--- a/core/Common.php
+++ b/core/Common.php
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class Common
 
     public static $isCliMode = null;
 
-
     /*
      * Database
      */
@@ -1062,17 +1061,19 @@ static public function destroy(&$var)
     static public function printDebug($info = '')
     {
         if (isset($GLOBALS['PIWIK_TRACKER_DEBUG']) && $GLOBALS['PIWIK_TRACKER_DEBUG']) {
-            if(is_object($info)) {
+
+            if (is_object($info)) {
                 $info = var_export($info, true);
             }
+
+            Log::getInstance()->setLogLevel(Log::DEBUG);
+
             if (is_array($info)) {
-                print("<pre>");
                 $info = Common::sanitizeInputValues($info);
                 $out = var_export($info, true);
-                echo $out;
-                print("</pre>");
+                Log::debug($out);
             } else {
-                print(htmlspecialchars($info, ENT_QUOTES) . "<br />\n");
+                Log::debug(htmlspecialchars($info, ENT_QUOTES));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/Log.php b/core/Log.php
index b6f82307355..76e59709dfc 100644
--- a/core/Log.php
+++ b/core/Log.php
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ private function setCurrentLogLevelFromConfig($logConfig)
             if ($logLevel >= self::NONE // sanity check
                 && $logLevel <= self::VERBOSE
             ) {
-                $this->currentLogLevel = $logLevel;
+                $this->setLogLevel($logLevel);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@ private function getAvailableWriters()
         return $writers;
     }
 
+    public function setLogLevel($logLevel)
+    {
+        $this->currentLogLevel = $logLevel;
+    }
+
     private function logToFile($level, $tag, $datetime, $message)
     {
         if (is_string($message)) {
diff --git a/core/Tracker.php b/core/Tracker.php
index 463b3a3a9ac..c67d2e91f17 100644
--- a/core/Tracker.php
+++ b/core/Tracker.php
@@ -350,7 +350,10 @@ protected static function runScheduledTasks()
             // restore original user privilege
             Piwik::setUserHasSuperUserAccess($isSuperUser);
 
-            Common::printDebug($resultTasks);
+            foreach (explode('</pre>', $resultTasks) as $resultTask) {
+                Common::printDebug(str_replace('<pre>', '', $resultTask));
+            }
+
             Common::printDebug('Finished Scheduled Tasks.');
         } else {
             Common::printDebug("-> Scheduled tasks not triggered.");
@@ -851,7 +854,7 @@ protected function trackRequest($params, $tokenAuth)
                 Common::printDebug("The request is invalid: empty request, or maybe tracking is disabled in the config.ini.php via record_statistics=0");
             }
         } catch (DbException $e) {
-            Common::printDebug("<b>" . $e->getMessage() . "</b>");
+            Common::printDebug("Exception: " . $e->getMessage());
             $this->exitWithException($e, $isAuthenticated);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             $this->exitWithException($e, $isAuthenticated);
diff --git a/piwik.php b/piwik.php
index 539b0d40a61..a123987a26e 100644
--- a/piwik.php
+++ b/piwik.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 use Piwik\Timer;
 use Piwik\Tracker;
 
-$GLOBALS['PIWIK_TRACKER_DEBUG'] = false;
 $GLOBALS['PIWIK_TRACKER_DEBUG_FORCE_SCHEDULED_TASKS'] = false;
 define('PIWIK_ENABLE_TRACKING', true);
 
@@ -84,6 +83,9 @@
     ob_start();
 }
 
+\Piwik\FrontController::createConfigObject();
+
+$GLOBALS['PIWIK_TRACKER_DEBUG'] = \Piwik\Config::getInstance()->Tracker['debug'];
 if ($GLOBALS['PIWIK_TRACKER_DEBUG'] === true) {
     require_once PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/core/Loader.php';
 
@@ -93,10 +95,10 @@
     \Piwik\ExceptionHandler::setUp();
 
     $timer = new Timer();
-    Common::printDebug("Debug enabled - Input parameters: <br/>" . var_export($_GET, true));
+    Common::printDebug("Debug enabled - Input parameters: ");
+    Common::printDebug(var_export($_GET, true));
 
     \Piwik\Tracker\Db::enableProfiling();
-    \Piwik\FrontController::createConfigObject();
 }
 
 if (!defined('PIWIK_ENABLE_TRACKING') || PIWIK_ENABLE_TRACKING) {