diff --git a/tools/completion/main.go b/tools/completion/main.go
index 0908d701f..fea56a658 100644
--- a/tools/completion/main.go
+++ b/tools/completion/main.go
@@ -11,9 +11,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"kitty/tools/cli"
+	"kitty/tools/tty"
 	"kitty/tools/utils"
 )
 
+func debug(args ...interface{}) {
+	tty.DebugPrintln(args...)
+}
+
+func debugf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	debug(fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
+}
+
 func json_input_parser(data []byte, shell_state map[string]string) ([][]string, error) {
 	ans := make([][]string, 0, 32)
 	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &ans)