diff --git a/app/catalogs/haddock3.easy.json b/app/catalogs/haddock3.easy.json
index 95847d2e..2e51d19e 100644
--- a/app/catalogs/haddock3.easy.json
+++ b/app/catalogs/haddock3.easy.json
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@
       "then": {},
       "else": {
         "properties": {
-          "less_io": {
+          "debug": {
             "default": false,
-            "title": "Reduce the amount of I/O operations.",
-            "description": "Reduce the amount of I/O operations.",
-            "$comment": "This option will reduce the amount of I/O operations by writing less files to disk. This can be useful for example when running on a network file system where I/O operations are slow.",
+            "title": "Write intermediate and stdout files.",
+            "description": "Write intermediate and stdout files.",
+            "$comment": "When set to true, this option will increase the amount of I/O operations by writing intermediate input, output and error files on disk. Turning it to false can be useful for example when running on a network file system where I/O operations are slow.",
             "type": "boolean"
           }
         }
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
       "offline": {
         "ui:group": "execution"
       },
-      "less_io": {
+      "debug": {
         "ui:group": "execution"
       }
     },
diff --git a/app/catalogs/haddock3.expert.json b/app/catalogs/haddock3.expert.json
index f86b5f9c..83deaeb2 100644
--- a/app/catalogs/haddock3.expert.json
+++ b/app/catalogs/haddock3.expert.json
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@
       "then": {},
       "else": {
         "properties": {
-          "less_io": {
+          "debug": {
             "default": false,
-            "title": "Reduce the amount of I/O operations.",
-            "description": "Reduce the amount of I/O operations.",
-            "$comment": "This option will reduce the amount of I/O operations by writing less files to disk. This can be useful for example when running on a network file system where I/O operations are slow.",
+            "title": "Write intermediate and stdout files.",
+            "description": "Write intermediate and stdout files.",
+            "$comment": "When set to true, this option will increase the amount of I/O operations by writing intermediate input, output and error files on disk. Turning it to false can be useful for example when running on a network file system where I/O operations are slow.",
             "type": "boolean"
           }
         }
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
       "offline": {
         "ui:group": "execution"
       },
-      "less_io": {
+      "debug": {
         "ui:group": "execution"
       }
     },
diff --git a/app/catalogs/haddock3.guru.json b/app/catalogs/haddock3.guru.json
index 48da09a3..5fd80a96 100644
--- a/app/catalogs/haddock3.guru.json
+++ b/app/catalogs/haddock3.guru.json
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@
       "then": {},
       "else": {
         "properties": {
-          "less_io": {
+          "debug": {
             "default": false,
-            "title": "Reduce the amount of I/O operations.",
-            "description": "Reduce the amount of I/O operations.",
-            "$comment": "This option will reduce the amount of I/O operations by writing less files to disk. This can be useful for example when running on a network file system where I/O operations are slow.",
+            "title": "Write intermediate and stdout files.",
+            "description": "Write intermediate and stdout files.",
+            "$comment": "When set to true, this option will increase the amount of I/O operations by writing intermediate input, output and error files on disk. Turning it to false can be useful for example when running on a network file system where I/O operations are slow.",
             "type": "boolean"
           }
         }
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
       "offline": {
         "ui:group": "execution"
       },
-      "less_io": {
+      "debug": {
         "ui:group": "execution"
       }
     },
diff --git a/app/catalogs/index.server.ts b/app/catalogs/index.server.ts
index b209859f..c67d8b50 100644
--- a/app/catalogs/index.server.ts
+++ b/app/catalogs/index.server.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function hideExecutionParameters(catalog: ICatalog) {
     "postprocess",
     "clean",
     "offline",
-    "less_io",
+    "debug",
   ];
   const globalProps = catalog.global.schema.properties!;
   for (const param of executionParameters) {
diff --git a/app/models/application.server.test.ts b/app/models/application.server.test.ts
index f2fb17c0..311433a7 100644
--- a/app/models/application.server.test.ts
+++ b/app/models/application.server.test.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ mode = 'local'
 postprocess = true
 clean = true
 offline = false
-less_io = true
+debug = false
 ncores = 1
 `;
     const output_config = await retrieveConfigFromArchive(result);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ mode = 'local'
 postprocess = true
 clean = true
 offline = false
-less_io = true
+debug = false
 ncores = 1
 `;
     const output_config = await retrieveConfigFromArchive(result);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ ncores = 1
 postprocess = true
 clean = true
 offline = false
-less_io = true
+debug = false
 `;
     const output_config = await retrieveConfigFromArchive(result);
     assert.equal(output_config, expected_config);
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ mode = 'local'
 postprocess = true
 clean = true
 offline = false
-less_io = true
+debug = false
 ncores = 1
 
 [seletop]
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ mode = 'local'
 postprocess = true
 clean = true
 offline = false
-less_io = true
+debug = false
 ncores = 1
 
 [clustfcc]
diff --git a/app/models/applicaton.server.ts b/app/models/applicaton.server.ts
index 41827ea1..6612e3b8 100644
--- a/app/models/applicaton.server.ts
+++ b/app/models/applicaton.server.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function rewriteConfig(table: ReturnType<typeof parse>) {
   table.postprocess = true;
   table.clean = true;
   table.offline = false;
-  table.less_io = true;
+  table.debug = false;
 
   const haddock3_ncores = getNCores();
   if (haddock3_ncores > 0) {