diff --git a/resources/lib/plexbmchelper/settings.py b/resources/lib/plexbmchelper/settings.py
index 3e0272b7..9307a3b8 100644
--- a/resources/lib/plexbmchelper/settings.py
+++ b/resources/lib/plexbmchelper/settings.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import uuid
 import xbmc
 import xbmcaddon
 from xml.dom.minidom import parse
+import utils
 
 settings = {}
 try:
@@ -21,13 +22,8 @@ def getGUI(name):
 addon = xbmcaddon.Addon()
 plexbmc = xbmcaddon.Addon('plugin.video.plexkodiconnect')
 
-if plexbmc.getSetting('logLevel') == '2' or \
-        plexbmc.getSetting('logLevel') == '1':
-    settings['debug'] = 'true'
-    settings['gdm_debug'] = 'true'
-else:
-    settings['debug'] = 'false'
-    settings['gdm_debug'] = 'false'
+settings['debug'] = utils.settings('companionDebugging')
+settings['gdm_debug'] = utils.settings('companionGDMDebugging')
 
 settings['client_name'] = plexbmc.getSetting('deviceName')
 
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index 0420a839..c84a85bf 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<!-- Primary address -->
 		<setting id="myplexlogin" label="Log into plex.tv?" type="bool" default="true" />
 		<setting id="plexLogin" label="plex.tv username" type="text" default="" visible="eq(-1,true)" />
-		<setting id="plexhome" label="Plex home in use (don't change this)" type="bool" default="true" />
+		<setting id="plexhome" label="Plex home in use" type="bool" default="true" visible="false" />
 	</category>
 
 	<category label="Sync Options">
@@ -84,5 +84,7 @@
 	<category label="Plex Companion">
 		<setting id="plexCompanion" label="Enable Plex Companion" type="bool" default="true" />
 		<setting id="companionPort" label="Plex Companion Port" type="number" default="3005" option="int" visible="eq(-1,true)"/>
+		<setting id="companionDebugging" label="Plex Companion Debugging" type="bool" default="false" visible="eq(-2,true)"/>
+		<setting id="companionGDMDebugging" label="Plex Companion GDM Debugging" type="bool" default="false" visible="eq(-3,true)"/>
 	</category>
 </settings>