diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7333789..d885ac2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [4.1.0] - 2019-12-30
+### Changed
+ - Debug logging is now hidden behind the `--debug` flag.
+
 ## [4.0.0] - 2019-07-19
 ### Added
  - Multi query endpoint.  You no longer need to run a single instance per NetScaler you want to monitor.  The exporter now supports Prometheus targets so only one instance is required.
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f02c053..e27bc45 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM golang:alpine as builder
 
-ENV VERSION="4.0.0"
+ENV VERSION="4.1.0"
 
 WORKDIR $GOPATH/src/github.com/rokett
 RUN \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e70ea6f..21a4bd5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .PHONY: build
 
 APP = Citrix-NetScaler-Exporter
-VERSION = 4.0.0
+VERSION = 4.1.0
 BINARY-LINUX = ${APP}_${VERSION}_Linux_amd64
 
 BUILD_VER = $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ea4e296..b312556 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	app     = "Citrix-NetScaler-Exporter"
-	version string
-	build   string
+	app        = "Citrix-NetScaler-Exporter"
+	version    string
+	build      string
 	username   = flag.String("username", "", "Username with which to connect to the NetScaler API")
 	password   = flag.String("password", "", "Password with which to connect to the NetScaler API")
 	bindPort   = flag.Int("bind_port", 9280, "Port to bind the exporter endpoint to")
 	versionFlg = flag.Bool("version", false, "Display application version")
-	logger log.Logger
+	debugFlg   = flag.Bool("debug", false, "Enable debug logging?")
+	logger     log.Logger
 
 	nsInstance string
 )
@@ -108,7 +109,9 @@ func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	nsInstance = strings.TrimLeft(nsInstance, "http://")
 	nsInstance = strings.Trim(nsInstance, " /")
 
-	level.Debug(logger).Log("msg", "scraping target", "target", target)
+	if *debugFlg {
+		level.Debug(logger).Log("msg", "scraping target", "target", target)
+	}
 
 	exporter, err := collector.NewExporter(target, *username, *password, ignoreCertCheck, logger, nsInstance)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/make.bat b/make.bat
index 9ec2657..ca1ba24 100644
--- a/make.bat
+++ b/make.bat
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 SETLOCAL
 
 set APP=Citrix-NetScaler-Exporter
-set VERSION=4.0.0
+set VERSION=4.1.0
 set BINARY-WINDOWS-X64=%APP%_%VERSION%_Windows_amd64.exe
 set BINARY-LINUX=%APP%_%VERSION%_Linux_amd64