diff --git a/bin/lint-staged.js b/bin/lint-staged.js
index 7b52b0899..1383a3933 100755
--- a/bin/lint-staged.js
+++ b/bin/lint-staged.js
@@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ cmdline
   )
   .parse(process.argv)
 
-const debugLog = debug('lint-staged:bin')
-if (cmdline.debug) {
+const cmdlineOptions = cmdline.opts()
+
+if (cmdlineOptions.debug) {
   debug.enable('lint-staged*')
 }
+
+const debugLog = debug('lint-staged:bin')
 debugLog('Running `lint-staged@%s`', version)
 
 /**
@@ -68,8 +71,6 @@ const getMaxArgLength = () => {
   }
 }
 
-const cmdlineOptions = cmdline.opts()
-
 const options = {
   allowEmpty: !!cmdlineOptions.allowEmpty,
   concurrent: JSON.parse(cmdlineOptions.concurrent),