diff --git a/libs/plugins/function.debug.php b/libs/plugins/function.debug.php
index a91f45f4..2452d625 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/function.debug.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/function.debug.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * Purpose:  popup debug window
  * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.function.debug.php {debug}
  *       (Smarty online manual)
- * @author	 Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net>
+ * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net>
  * @version  1.0
  * @param array
  * @param Smarty
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
  */
 function smarty_function_debug($params, &$smarty)
 {
-	if($params['output']) {
-		$smarty->assign('_smarty_debug_output',$params['output']);
-	}
-	return $smarty->_generate_debug_output();
+    if($params['output']) {
+        $smarty->assign('_smarty_debug_output',$params['output']);
+    }
+    require_once(SMARTY_DIR . 'core' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'core.display_debug_console.php');
+    return smarty_core_display_debug_console(null, $smarty);
 }
 
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