diff --git a/nse_nmaplib.cc b/nse_nmaplib.cc
index 797284d6e..1ffd44065 100644
--- a/nse_nmaplib.cc
+++ b/nse_nmaplib.cc
@@ -402,13 +402,14 @@ static int l_print_debug_unformatted(lua_State *l) {
 	int verbosity=1, stack_counter(1);
 	const char *out;
 
-	if (lua_isnumber (l, 1) && (lua_gettop(l) > 1)) {
-		verbosity = lua_tointeger(l, 1);
-		if (verbosity > o.verbose) return 0;
-		stack_counter++;
-	}
-	out = luaL_checkstring(l, stack_counter);
-	log_write(LOG_STDOUT, "%s NSE DEBUG: %s\n", SCRIPT_ENGINE, out);
+	if (lua_gettop(l) != 2) return luaL_error(l, "Incorrect number of arguments\n");
+
+	verbosity = luaL_checkinteger(l, 1);
+	if (verbosity > o.verbose) return 0;
+	out = luaL_checkstring(l, 2);
+
+	log_write(LOG_STDOUT, "%s DEBUG: %s\n", SCRIPT_ENGINE, out);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/nselib/stdnse.lua b/nselib/stdnse.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b11fc2224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nselib/stdnse.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+print_debug = function(...)
+	local verbosity = 1;
+	if ((#arg > 1) and (tonumber(arg[1]))) then
+		verbosity = table.remove(arg, 1);
+	end
+	
+	nmap.print_debug_unformatted(verbosity, string.format(unpack(arg, start)));
+end
+
diff --git a/scripts/showHTMLTitle.nse b/scripts/showHTMLTitle.nse
index 149d179bf..e63cf8538 100644
--- a/scripts/showHTMLTitle.nse
+++ b/scripts/showHTMLTitle.nse
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ action = function(host, port)
 	if title ~= nil then
 		result = string.gsub(title , "[\n\r\t]", "")
 		if string.len(title) > 50 then
-			nmap.print_debug_unformatted("showHTMLTitle.nse: Title got truncated!");
+			nmap.print_debug("showHTMLTitle.nse: Title got truncated!");	
 			result = string.sub(result, 1, 62) .. "..."
 		end
 	else