diff --git a/New/compiler b/New/compiler
index e0efc5c2b..b06655296 100755
--- a/New/compiler
+++ b/New/compiler
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ startup_error()
 #
 debug=
 
-[ $# -gt 1 ] && [ "$1" = "-D8" ] && { debug="-d" ; shift ; }
+[ $# -gt 1 ] && [ "$1" = "debug" ] && { debug="-d"; shift ; }
 
 SHAREDIR=/usr/share/shorewall
 VARDIR=/var/lib/shorewall
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ case "$COMMAND" in
     check)
 	[ $# -ne 1 ] && usage
 	do_initialize
-	exec perl $debug /usr/share/shorewall/compiler.pl $1
+	exec perl $debug /usr/share/shorewall/compiler.pl
 	;;
     compile)
 	[ $# -ne 2 ] && usage