diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da245e3..bf88928 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 **scribe** is a **syslog-ng** and **logrotate** installer for ASUS routers running **Asuswrt-Merlin**
 
 ## v3.2.11
-### Updated on 2026-Feb-28
+### Updated on 2026-Mar-02
 
 ## Getting Started
 
diff --git a/scribe.sh b/scribe.sh
index a2cf969..f52e11a 100644
--- a/scribe.sh
+++ b/scribe.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #   curl --retry 3 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AMTM-OSR/scribe/master/scribe.h" -o "/jffs/scripts/scribe" && chmod 0755 /jffs/scripts/scribe && /jffs/scripts/scribe install
 #
 ##################################################################
-# Last Modified: 2026-Feb-27
+# Last Modified: 2026-Mar-02
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ################       Shellcheck directives     ################
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 readonly script_name="scribe"
 readonly scribe_ver="v3.2.11"
-readonly scriptVer_TAG="26022723"
+readonly scriptVer_TAG="26030223"
 scribe_branch="develop"
 script_branch="$scribe_branch"
 
@@ -190,17 +190,18 @@ readonly syslogNgStr="syslog-ng"
 readonly logRotateStr="logrotate"
 readonly syslogNgCmd="/opt/sbin/$syslogNgStr"
 readonly logRotateCmd="/opt/sbin/$logRotateStr"
-readonly logRotateDir="/opt/etc/${logRotateStr}.d"
+readonly logRotateConfDir="/opt/etc/${logRotateStr}.d"
 readonly logRotateShareDir="/opt/share/$logRotateStr"
 readonly logRotateExamplesDir="${logRotateShareDir}/examples"
 readonly logRotateTopConfig="/opt/etc/${logRotateStr}.conf"
 readonly logRotateGlobalName="A01global"
-readonly logRotateGlobalConf="${logRotateDir}/$logRotateGlobalName"
+readonly logRotateGlobalConf="${logRotateConfDir}/$logRotateGlobalName"
 readonly LR_FLock_FD=513
 readonly LR_FLock_FName="/tmp/scribeLogRotate.flock"
 readonly logFilesRegExp="${optVarLogDir}/.*([.]log)?"
 readonly filteredLogList="${config_d}/.filteredlogs"
 readonly noConfigLogList="${config_d}/.noconfiglogs"
+readonly syslogNg_ConfDir="/opt/etc/${syslogNgStr}.d"
 readonly syslogNg_ShareDir="/opt/share/$syslogNgStr"
 readonly syslogNg_ExamplesDir="${syslogNg_ShareDir}/examples"
 readonly syslogNg_ConfName=${syslogNgStr}.conf
@@ -212,6 +213,13 @@ readonly sysLogLinesMAX=20480
 readonly sysLogMsgeSizeMAX=2048
 sysLogFiFoSizeMIN=1600
 
+readonly debugMsgDiscardFilterName="A0DebugMsgsDiscard"
+readonly debugMsgDiscardFilterConf="${syslogNg_ConfDir}/$debugMsgDiscardFilterName"
+readonly debugMsgDiscardFilterSrce="${syslogNg_ExamplesDir}/$debugMsgDiscardFilterName"
+readonly debugMsgCaptureFilterName="A0DebugMsgsCapture"
+readonly debugMsgCaptureFilterConf="${syslogNg_ConfDir}/$debugMsgCaptureFilterName"
+readonly debugMsgCaptureFilterSrce="${syslogNg_ExamplesDir}/$debugMsgCaptureFilterName"
+
 # color constants #
 readonly red="\033[1;31m"
 readonly green="\033[1;32m"
@@ -533,6 +541,10 @@ Read_Config()
     then
         _Config_Option_Update_ LR_CRONJOB_HOUR 24
     fi
+    if ! _Config_Option_Check_ DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL_MSG
+    then
+        _Config_Option_Update_ DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL_MSG Allowed
+    fi
     if ! _Config_Option_Check_ FILTER_INIT_REBOOT_LOG
     then
         _Config_Option_Update_ FILTER_INIT_REBOOT_LOG true
@@ -648,12 +660,19 @@ Get_ZIP_File()
     fi
 }
 
+##----------------------------------------##
+## Modified by Martinski W. [2026-Mar-02] ##
+##----------------------------------------##
 Restart_uiScribe()
 {
+    local from=""
     if "$uiScribeInstalled"
     then
         printf "\n$white Restarting ${uiscribeName}...\n"
-        $uiscribePath startup
+        if [ $# -gt 0 ] && [ "$1" = "true" ]
+        then from="Scribe"
+        fi
+        $uiscribePath startup $from
     fi
 }
 
@@ -662,7 +681,7 @@ Reload_SysLogNg_Config()
     printf "$white reloading %s ... $cyan" "$( strip_path $sng_conf )"
     $sngctl_loc reload
     printf "\n$std"
-    Restart_uiScribe
+    Restart_uiScribe "$@"
 }
 
 Copy_SysLogNg_RcFunc()
@@ -676,19 +695,20 @@ Copy_SysLogNg_RcFunc()
 ##-------------------------------------##
 ## Added by Martinski W. [2026-Feb-27] ##
 ##-------------------------------------##
-_Find_WildcardFile_TopConfigLines_()
+_TopLevelConfigLinesCheck_()
 {
     if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ -z "$1" ] || [ ! -s "$1" ]
     then return 1
     fi
-    local retCode=0  lineNum  lineStr1  lineStr2  lineStr3  lineStr4
+    local retCode=0  lineNum=1
+    local lineStr1  lineStr2  lineStr3  lineStr4  lineStr5
 
     lineStr1='wildcard_file(base_dir("/opt/var/log")'
     lineStr2='filename_pattern("syslogd.ScribeInitReboot.LOG")'
     lineStr3='recursive(no) max-files(1) follow_freq(1)'
     lineStr4='log_iw_size(1200) log_fetch_limit(1000) flags(syslog-protocol))'
-    
-    lineNum=1
+    lineStr5='filter \{ level\((info|debug)..emerg\); \}'
+
     while read -r theLINE && [ -n "$theLINE" ]
     do
         if ! echo "$theLINE" | grep -qF "$(eval echo '$'"lineStr$lineNum")"
@@ -698,6 +718,11 @@ _Find_WildcardFile_TopConfigLines_()
     done <<EOT
 $(grep -F -A3 "$lineStr1" "$1")
 EOT
+
+    if ! grep -qE "$lineStr5" "$1"
+    then retCode=1
+    fi
+
     return "$retCode"
 }
 
@@ -729,7 +754,7 @@ Copy_SysLogNg_Top_Config()
             if [ -s "$diffFile" ] && \
                grep -qE "^(\-|\+)" "$diffFile" && \
                [ "$(wc -l < "$diffFile")" -gt 0 ] && \
-               ! _Find_WildcardFile_TopConfigLines_ "$destFile"
+               ! _TopLevelConfigLinesCheck_ "$destFile"
             then
                 printf " ${yellow}updating $destFile ..."
                 Update_File "$srceFile" "$destFile" "BACKUP"
@@ -1026,7 +1051,7 @@ _Get_LogRotate_CronHour_()
 ##-------------------------------------##
 ## Added by Martinski W. [2025-Nov-29] ##
 ##-------------------------------------##
-menu_LogRotate_CronJob_Time()
+Menu_LogRotate_CronJob_Time()
 {
     local GREEN="\\\e[1;32m"  CLRD="\\\e[0m"
     local validHoursANDstr  validHoursORstr
@@ -1102,6 +1127,116 @@ LogRotate_CronJob_Check()
     fi
 }
 
+##-------------------------------------##
+## Added by Martinski W. [2026-Mar-01] ##
+##-------------------------------------##
+SetDebugLogLevelMsgFilter()
+{
+    if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ -z "$1" ]
+    then return 1
+    fi
+    if [ "$1" = "Discard" ]
+    then
+        rm -f "$debugMsgCaptureFilterConf"
+        [ ! -s "$debugMsgDiscardFilterSrce" ] && return 1
+        cp -fp "$debugMsgDiscardFilterSrce" "$debugMsgDiscardFilterConf"
+        chmod 600 "$debugMsgDiscardFilterConf"
+        _Config_Option_Update_ DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL_MSG Discard
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [ "$1" = "Capture" ]
+    then
+        rm -f "$debugMsgDiscardFilterConf"
+        [ ! -s "$debugMsgCaptureFilterSrce" ] && return 1
+        cp -fp "$debugMsgCaptureFilterSrce" "$debugMsgCaptureFilterConf"
+        chmod 600 "$debugMsgCaptureFilterConf"
+        _Config_Option_Update_ DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL_MSG Capture
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [ "$1" = "Allowed" ]
+    then
+        rm -f "$debugMsgDiscardFilterConf"
+        rm -f "$debugMsgCaptureFilterConf"
+        _Config_Option_Update_ DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL_MSG Allowed
+        return 0
+    fi
+}
+
+##-------------------------------------##
+## Added by Martinski W. [2026-Mar-01] ##
+##-------------------------------------##
+DebugLogLevelMsgHandling()
+{
+    local userInput  exitLoop=false
+    local debugLogMsgOpt  debugLogMsgOptStr
+    local debugLogMsgRegEx="(Discard|Capture|Allowed)"
+
+    if [ ! -s "$debugMsgDiscardFilterSrce" ] || \
+       [ ! -s "$debugMsgCaptureFilterSrce" ]
+    then
+        printf "\n ${yellow}Please update the filter files (Main menu '${green}ft${yellow}' option)\n"
+        printf " before configuring the filter for '${green}debug${yellow}' log messages.${CLRct}\n\n"
+        PressEnterTo "continue..."
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    debugLogMsgOpt="$(_Config_Option_Get_ DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL_MSG)"
+    if [ -z "$debugLogMsgOpt" ] || \
+       ! echo "$debugLogMsgOpt" | grep -qE "^${debugLogMsgRegEx}$"
+    then
+        _Config_Option_Update_ DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL_MSG Allowed
+    fi
+
+    while true
+    do
+        ScriptLogo
+        printf "$menuSepStr"
+        debugLogMsgOpt="$(_Config_Option_Get_ DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL_MSG)"
+        case "$debugLogMsgOpt" in
+            Discard) debugLogMsgOptStr="${green}Discard${CLRct} debug messages" ;;
+            Capture) debugLogMsgOptStr="${green}Capture${CLRct} debug messages" ;;
+            Allowed) debugLogMsgOptStr="${green}Allow${CLRct} debug messages" ;;
+        esac
+        printf "    ${BOLD}Current setting: ${debugLogMsgOptStr}\n\n"
+        printf " ${BOLD}Specify how to handle incoming log messages that\n"
+        printf " have been tagged with the '${green}debug${CLRct}' severity level.\n\n"
+        printf "   ${green}1${CLRct}. Discard debug messages\n\n"
+        printf "   ${green}2${CLRct}. Capture debug messages in a separate log file\n"
+        printf "      [${green}/opt/var/log/debugMessages.log${CLRct}]\n\n"
+        printf "   ${green}3${CLRct}. Allow debug messages so filters may handle them\n"
+        printf "      [They're excluded from the '${green}messages${CLRct}' log file]\n\n"
+        printf "   ${green}e${CLRct}. Go back\n"
+        printf "\n$menuSepStr"
+        printf " ${magenta}Please select an option:${CLRct} "
+        read -r userInput
+
+        if [ -z "$userInput" ] || echo "$userInput" | grep -qE "^[eE]$"
+        then
+            exitLoop=true ; echo
+            break
+        elif ! echo "$userInput" | grep -qE "^[0-9]+$"
+        then
+            printf "\n ${red}Please enter a valid selection [1-3]${CLRct}\n\n"
+            PressEnterTo "continue..."
+        elif ! echo "$userInput" | grep -qE "^[1-3]$"
+        then
+            printf "\n ${red}Please enter a number between 1 and 3${CLRct}\n\n"
+            PressEnterTo "continue..."
+        else
+            case "$userInput" in
+                1) SetDebugLogLevelMsgFilter Discard ;;
+                2) SetDebugLogLevelMsgFilter Capture ;;
+                3) SetDebugLogLevelMsgFilter Allowed ;;
+            esac
+            echo ; break
+        fi
+    done
+
+    "$exitLoop" && return 1
+    Reload_SysLogNg_Config true
+    return 0
+}
+
 Check_Dir_Links()
 {
     printf "$white %34s" "checking directory links ..."
@@ -1470,7 +1605,7 @@ EOT
 ##-------------------------------------##
 _Generate_ListOf_LogFiles_Without_Configs_()
 {
-    local theLogConfigExp="${logRotateDir}/*"
+    local theLogConfigExp="${logRotateConfDir}/*"
     local configFilePath  configFileOK  theLogFile
 
     printf '' > "$noConfigLogList"
@@ -2229,7 +2364,7 @@ ScriptUpdateFromAMTM()
     return "$?"
 }
 
-menu_forgrnd()
+SyslogNg_DebugMode()
 {
     local doStart=false
     if SyslogNg_Running
@@ -2706,29 +2841,40 @@ EOF
 }
 
 ##----------------------------------------##
-## Modified by Martinski W. [2025-Jan-04] ##
+## Modified by Martinski W. [2026-Mar-02] ##
 ##----------------------------------------##
 Utils_Menu()
 {
-    printf "$magenta        %s Utilities ${CLRct}\n\n" "$script_name"
-    printf "    ${GRNct}bu${CLRct}. Backup configuration files\n"
-    printf "    ${GRNct}rt${CLRct}. Restore configuration files\n\n"
-    printf "     ${GRNct}d${CLRct}. Generate debug file\n"
-    printf "    ${GRNct}rd${CLRct}. Re-detect syslog.log location\n"
-    printf "    ${GRNct}ck${CLRct}. Check on-disk %s config\n" "$sng"
+    local debugLogMsgOpt  debugLogMsgOptStr="UNKNOWN"
+
+    debugLogMsgOpt="$(_Config_Option_Get_ DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL_MSG)"
+    case "$debugLogMsgOpt" in
+        Discard) debugLogMsgOptStr="Discarded" ;;
+        Capture) debugLogMsgOptStr="Captured" ;;
+        Allowed) debugLogMsgOptStr="Allowed" ;;
+    esac
+
+    printf "       ${magenta}%s Utilities${CLRct}\n\n" "$script_name"
+    printf "   ${GRNct}bu${CLRct}. Backup configuration files\n"
+    printf "   ${GRNct}rt${CLRct}. Restore configuration files\n\n"
+    printf "    ${GRNct}d${CLRct}. Generate %s debug file\n" "$script_name"
+    printf "   ${GRNct}rd${CLRct}. Re-detect syslog.log location\n"
     if SyslogNg_Running
     then
-        printf "    ${GRNct}lc${CLRct}. Show loaded %s config\n" "$sng"
+        printf "   ${GRNct}lc${CLRct}. Show loaded %s configuration\n" "$sng"
     fi
-    printf "    ${GRNct}sd${CLRct}. Run %s debugging mode\n" "$sng"
-    printf "    ${GRNct}ld${CLRct}. Show %s debug info\n\n" "$lr"
-    printf "    ${GRNct}ui${CLRct}. "
+    printf "   ${GRNct}ck${CLRct}. Check on-disk %s configuration\n" "$sng"
+    printf "   ${GRNct}sd${CLRct}. Run %s in debugging mode\n" "$sng"
+    printf "   ${GRNct}ld${CLRct}. Show %s debugging information\n" "$lr"
+    printf "   ${GRNct}dm${CLRct}. Messages with 'debug' severity level\n"
+    printf "       [Currently: ${GRNct}${debugLogMsgOptStr}${CLRct}]\n\n"
+    printf "   ${GRNct}ui${CLRct}. "
     if "$uiScribeInstalled"
     then printf "Run"
     else printf "Install"
     fi
     printf " %s\n" "$uiscribeName"
-    printf "     ${GRNct}e${CLRct}. Exit to Main Menu\n"
+    printf "    ${GRNct}e${CLRct}. Exit to Main Menu\n"
 }
 
 ##----------------------------------------##
@@ -2747,7 +2893,7 @@ Main_Menu()
         else insPrefix="Rei"
         fi
     fi
-    andLRcron="& $lr cron"
+    andLRcron="& $lr cron job"
 
     if "$scribeInstalled"
     then
@@ -2755,39 +2901,39 @@ Main_Menu()
         then
             _ShowSysLogNg_WaitStart_Msge_
         fi
-        printf "     ${GRNct}s${CLRct}. Show %s status\n" "$script_name"
+        printf "    ${GRNct}s${CLRct}. Show %s status\n" "$script_name"
         if SyslogNg_Running
         then
-            printf "    ${GRNct}rl${CLRct}. Reload %s.conf\n" "$sng"
-            printf "    ${GRNct}lr${CLRct}. Run logrotate now\n"
+            printf "   ${GRNct}lr${CLRct}. Run logrotate now\n"
         fi
         if SyslogNg_Running || [ ! -f "$syslogNg_WaitnSEM_FPath" ]
         then
-            printf "    ${GRNct}rs${CLRct}. %s %s " "${resPrefix}tart" "$sng"
+            printf "   ${GRNct}rs${CLRct}. %s %s " "${resPrefix}tart" "$sng"
             SyslogNg_Running && echo || printf "${andLRcron}\n"
         fi
         if SyslogNg_Running
         then
-            printf "    ${GRNct}st${CLRct}. Stop %s ${andLRcron}\n" "$sng"
-            printf "    ${GRNct}ct${CLRct}. Set $lr cron job run frequency\n\n"
-            printf "     ${GRNct}u${CLRct}. Check for script updates\n"
-            printf "    ${GRNct}uf${CLRct}. Force update %s with latest version\n" "$script_name"
-            printf "    ${GRNct}ft${CLRct}. Update filters\n"
+            printf "   ${GRNct}rl${CLRct}. Reload %s configuration\n" "$sng"
+            printf "   ${GRNct}st${CLRct}. Stop %s ${andLRcron}\n" "$sng"
+            printf "   ${GRNct}ct${CLRct}. Set $lr cron job run frequency\n\n"
+            printf "    ${GRNct}u${CLRct}. Check for latest script updates\n"
+            printf "   ${GRNct}uf${CLRct}. Force update %s with latest version\n" "$script_name"
+            printf "   ${GRNct}ft${CLRct}. Update filters\n"
         fi
         if [ -f "$syslogNg_WaitnSEM_FPath" ]
         then
             echo
         else
-            printf "    ${GRNct}su${CLRct}. %s utilities\n\n" "$script_name"
+            printf "   ${GRNct}su${CLRct}. %s utilities\n\n" "$script_name"
         fi
     fi
-    printf "     ${GRNct}e${CLRct}. Exit %s\n" "$script_name"
-    printf "    ${GRNct}is${CLRct}. %s %s\n" "${insPrefix}nstall" "$script_name" 
-    printf "    ${GRNct}zs${CLRct}. Remove %s\n" "$script_name"
+    printf "    ${GRNct}e${CLRct}. Exit %s\n" "$script_name"
+    printf "   ${GRNct}is${CLRct}. %s %s\n" "${insPrefix}nstall" "$script_name" 
+    printf "   ${GRNct}zs${CLRct}. Remove %s\n" "$script_name"
 }
 
 ##----------------------------------------##
-## Modified by Martinski W. [2025-Dec-05] ##
+## Modified by Martinski W. [2026-Mar-01] ##
 ##----------------------------------------##
 Scribe_Menu()
 {
@@ -2807,7 +2953,7 @@ Scribe_Menu()
                 ;;
         esac
         printf "\n$menuSepStr"
-        printf "$magenta Please select an option: $std"
+        printf " ${magenta}Please select an option:${std} "
         read -r choice
 
         if "$scribeInstalled" || \
@@ -2852,7 +2998,7 @@ Scribe_Menu()
                 ct)
                     if SyslogNg_Running
                     then
-                        menu_LogRotate_CronJob_Time
+                        Menu_LogRotate_CronJob_Time
                         [ $? -ne 0 ] && pause=false
                     else
                         not_recog=true
@@ -2873,8 +3019,13 @@ Scribe_Menu()
                     fi
                     ;;
                 su)
-                    menu_type="utils"
-                    pause=false
+                    if [ "$menu_type" = "main" ]
+                    then
+                        menu_type="utils"
+                        pause=false
+                    else
+                        not_recog=true
+                    fi
                     ;;
                 bu)
                     menu_backup
@@ -2904,7 +3055,17 @@ Scribe_Menu()
                     fi
                     ;;
                 sd)
-                    menu_forgrnd
+                    SyslogNg_DebugMode
+                    ;;
+                dm) if SyslogNg_Running && \
+                       [ "$menu_type" = "utils" ]
+                    then
+                        if ! DebugLogLevelMsgHandling
+                        then pause=false
+                        fi
+                    else
+                        not_recog=true
+                    fi
                     ;;
                 ld)
                     delfr "$lr_temp"
@@ -2932,7 +3093,7 @@ Scribe_Menu()
                 e)
                     if [ "$menu_type" = "main" ]
                     then
-                        printf "\n$white Thanks for using scribe! $std\n\n\n"
+                        printf "\n ${white}Thanks for using scribe!${std}\n\n\n"
                         exit 0
                     else
                         menu_type="main"
diff --git a/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsCapture b/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsCapture
index d313853..3abf6f5 100644
--- a/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsCapture
+++ b/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsCapture
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #######################################################
 # Capture all incoming log messages that are tagged
-# with the 'debug' log priority level.
+# with the 'debug' severity level.
 # /opt/var/log/debugMessages.log
 # Last Modified: 2026-Mar-01
 #######################################################
diff --git a/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsDiscard b/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsDiscard
index 86750b8..68989ec 100644
--- a/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsDiscard
+++ b/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsDiscard
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #######################################################
 # Discard all incoming log messages that are tagged
-# with the 'debug' log priority level.
+# with the 'debug' severity level.
 # Last Modified: 2026-Mar-01
 #######################################################