diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8caf680..b6c1037 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,3 +113,7 @@ const streamContext = createResumableStreamContext({
 - When a second resumable stream is invoked for a given `streamId`, it publishes a messages to alert the producer that it would like to receive the stream.
 - The second consumer now expects messages of stream content via the pubsub.
 - The producer receives the request, and starts publishing the buffered messages and then publishes additional chunks of the stream.
+
+## Debugging
+
+Set the `DEBUG` environment variable to `resumable-stream:*` to see debug logs.
diff --git a/src/runtime.ts b/src/runtime.ts
index 677cae4..90c6661 100644
--- a/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/runtime.ts
@@ -331,10 +331,23 @@ function incrOrDone(publisher: Publisher, key: string): Promise<typeof DONE_VALU
   });
 }
 
+// Check if resumable-stream namespace is enabled
+// Supports: DEBUG=*, DEBUG=resumable-stream:*, DEBUG=*,other-namespace, etc.
+// note, this duplicates logic from the `debug` package
+// which we are not adding as a dependency for security reasons.
 function isDebug() {
-  return process.env.DEBUG;
+  const debug = process.env.DEBUG;
+  if (!debug) return false;
+
+  const namespaces = debug.split(',').map(ns => ns.trim());
+  return namespaces.some(ns =>
+    ns === '*' ||
+    ns === 'resumable-stream' ||
+    ns.startsWith('resumable-stream:')
+  );
 }
 
+
 function debugLog(...messages: unknown[]) {
   if (isDebug()) {
     console.log(...messages);