diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 412113e..f036069 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ if(NOT DEFINED QT6_ROOT_DIR)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "QT6_ROOT_DIR is not defined. Please set the QT6_ROOT_DIR variable to the root directory of the Qt 6 installation.")
 endif()
 
+option(TOON_BOOM_EXTENSION_FRAMEWORK_DEBUG "Enable debug output" ON)
+
 include(${VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${QT6_ROOT_DIR})
 set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreadedDLL")
diff --git a/framework/CMakeLists.txt b/framework/CMakeLists.txt
index dc05a7d..a7d0ffe 100644
--- a/framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ list(FILTER FRAMEWORK_SOURCES EXCLUDE REGEX "/(out|build|cmake-build-|CMakeFiles
 file(COPY "${QT5_ROOT_DIR}/include/QtScript" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
 find_package(minhook CONFIG REQUIRED)
 function(link_libs_and_set_properties target_name)
+	if(TOON_BOOM_EXTENSION_FRAMEWORK_DEBUG)
+		target_compile_definitions(${target_name} PUBLIC TB_EXT_FRAMEWORK_DEBUG=1)
+	endif()
 	target_compile_features(${target_name} PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 	target_include_directories(${target_name} PUBLIC "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include")
 	target_link_libraries(${target_name} PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../3rdparty/QtScript.lib")
diff --git a/framework/debug.cpp b/framework/debug.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f551e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/debug.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include "include/public/toon_boom/ext/util.hpp"
+
+	std::ostream devnull(new NullBuffer());
+	
+	std::ostream& out = TB_EXT_FRAMEWORK_DEBUG ? std::cout : devnull;	
diff --git a/framework/include/public/toon_boom/ext/util.hpp b/framework/include/public/toon_boom/ext/util.hpp
index 3159b4a..3f9d826 100644
--- a/framework/include/public/toon_boom/ext/util.hpp
+++ b/framework/include/public/toon_boom/ext/util.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <format>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <streambuf>
 
-std::string addrToHex(void* addr);
+#if !defined(TB_EXT_FRAMEWORK_DEBUG)
+#define TB_EXT_FRAMEWORK_DEBUG 0
+#endif
+struct NullBuffer : std::streambuf {
+  int overflow(int c) { return c; }
+};
 
-std::string constAddrToHex(const void* addr);
\ No newline at end of file
+std::string addrToHex(void *addr);
+
+std::string constAddrToHex(const void *addr);
+
+extern std::ostream &out;