diff --git a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
index 197e4dd9d..220024cad 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&options.Target, "target", "", "Target is a single target to scan using template")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVarP(&options.Templates, "templates", "t", []string{}, "Template input dir/file/files to run on host. Can be used multiple times. Supports globbing.")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&options.ExcludedTemplates, "exclude", []string{}, "Template input dir/file/files to exclude. Can be used multiple times. Supports globbing.")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&options.Severity, "severity", "", "Filter templates based on their severity and only run the matching ones. Comma-separated values can be used to specify multiple severities.")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&options.Severity, "severity", []string{}, "Filter templates based on their severity and only run the matching ones. Comma-separated values can be used to specify multiple severities.")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&options.Targets, "list", "l", "", "List of URLs to run templates on")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&options.Output, "output", "o", "", "File to write output to (optional)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&options.ProxyURL, "proxy-url", "", "URL of the proxy server")
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&options.RandomAgent, "random-agent", false, "Use randomly selected HTTP User-Agent header value")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVarP(&options.CustomHeaders, "header", "H", []string{}, "Custom Header.")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&options.Debug, "debug", false, "Allow debugging of request/responses")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&options.DebugRequests, "debug-req", false, "Allow debugging of request")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&options.DebugResponse, "debug-resp", false, "Allow debugging of response")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&options.UpdateTemplates, "update-templates", false, "Update Templates updates the installed templates (optional)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&options.TraceLogFile, "trace-log", "", "File to write sent requests trace log")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&options.TemplatesDirectory, "update-directory", templatesDirectory, "Directory to use for storing nuclei-templates")
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/dns/request.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/dns/request.go
index 37a64b9ff..974d55ab8 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/dns/request.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/dns/request.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (r *Request) ExecuteWithResults(input string, metadata output.InternalEvent
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not build request")
 	}
 
-	if r.options.Options.Debug {
+	if r.options.Options.Debug || r.options.Options.DebugRequests {
 		gologger.Info().Str("domain", domain).Msgf("[%s] Dumped DNS request for %s", r.options.TemplateID, domain)
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", compiledRequest.String())
 	}
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (r *Request) ExecuteWithResults(input string, metadata output.InternalEvent
 	r.options.Output.Request(r.options.TemplateID, domain, "dns", err)
 	gologger.Verbose().Msgf("[%s] Sent DNS request to %s", r.options.TemplateID, domain)
 
-	if r.options.Options.Debug {
+	if r.options.Options.Debug || r.options.Options.DebugResponse {
 		gologger.Debug().Msgf("[%s] Dumped DNS response for %s", r.options.TemplateID, domain)
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", resp.String())
 	}
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/file/request.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/file/request.go
index 6f4e467e6..b3461b976 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/file/request.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/file/request.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (r *Request) ExecuteWithResults(input string, metadata output.InternalEvent
 		}
 		dataStr := tostring.UnsafeToString(buffer)
 
-		if r.options.Options.Debug {
+		if r.options.Options.Debug || r.options.Options.DebugRequests {
 			gologger.Info().Msgf("[%s] Dumped file request for %s", r.options.TemplateID, data)
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", dataStr)
 		}
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request.go
index 19955de40..e1118792d 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/http/request.go
@@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ func (r *Request) executeRequest(reqURL string, request *generatedRequest, dynam
 		dumpedRequest []byte
 		fromcache     bool
 	)
-	if r.options.Options.Debug || r.options.ProjectFile != nil {
+	if r.options.Options.Debug || r.options.ProjectFile != nil || r.options.Options.DebugRequests {
 		dumpedRequest, err = dump(request, reqURL)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	if r.options.Options.Debug {
+	if r.options.Options.Debug || r.options.Options.DebugRequests {
 		gologger.Info().Msgf("[%s] Dumped HTTP request for %s\n\n", r.options.TemplateID, reqURL)
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s", string(dumpedRequest))
 	}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (r *Request) executeRequest(reqURL string, request *generatedRequest, dynam
 	duration := time.Since(timeStart)
 	// Dump response - Step 1 - Decompression not yet handled
 	var dumpedResponse []byte
-	if r.options.Options.Debug {
+	if r.options.Options.Debug || r.options.Options.DebugResponse {
 		var dumpErr error
 		dumpedResponse, dumpErr = httputil.DumpResponse(resp, true)
 		if dumpErr != nil {
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func (r *Request) executeRequest(reqURL string, request *generatedRequest, dynam
 	}
 
 	// Dump response - step 2 - replace gzip body with deflated one or with itself (NOP operation)
-	if r.options.Options.Debug {
+	if r.options.Options.Debug || r.options.Options.DebugResponse {
 		dumpedResponse = bytes.ReplaceAll(dumpedResponse, dataOrig, data)
 		gologger.Info().Msgf("[%s] Dumped HTTP response for %s\n\n", r.options.TemplateID, formedURL)
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", string(dumpedResponse))
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/network/request.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/network/request.go
index 7832cec7d..23c676d2c 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/network/request.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/network/request.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (r *Request) executeAddress(actualAddress, address, input string, callback
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not write request to server")
 	}
 
-	if r.options.Options.Debug {
+	if r.options.Options.Debug || r.options.Options.DebugRequests {
 		gologger.Info().Str("address", actualAddress).Msgf("[%s] Dumped Network request for %s", r.options.TemplateID, actualAddress)
 
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", reqBuilder.String())
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (r *Request) executeAddress(actualAddress, address, input string, callback
 	n, _ := conn.Read(buffer)
 	resp := string(buffer[:n])
 
-	if r.options.Options.Debug {
+	if r.options.Options.Debug || r.options.Options.DebugResponse {
 		gologger.Debug().Msgf("[%s] Dumped Network response for %s", r.options.TemplateID, actualAddress)
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", resp)
 	}
diff --git a/v2/pkg/types/types.go b/v2/pkg/types/types.go
index 57e122d52..a60df6af3 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ type Options struct {
 	Metrics bool
 	// Debug mode allows debugging request/responses for the engine
 	Debug bool
+	// DebugRequests mode allows debugging request for the engine
+	DebugRequests bool
+	// DebugResponse mode allows debugging response for the engine
+	DebugResponse bool
 	// Silent suppresses any extra text and only writes found URLs on screen.
 	Silent bool
 	// Version specifies if we should just show version and exit