diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b565bf5..96cad01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ module.exports = {
           backgroundColor: "#004"
         }
       ],
-      stripAnsiColors: true, //default
+      stripAnsiSequences: true, //default
       debug: false //default
     }
   }
@@ -97,6 +97,17 @@ module.exports = {
 
 This section defines different patterns for parsing prompt components: username, host, path.
 
+Note that `pattern` is a string literal passed to the `RegExp()`
+constructor, so remember to escape backslashes in your regexp. For
+example, if you used a site like [regex101.com](https://regex101.com)
+to verify that your regexp `/\[(\w+):\s*(\w+)\](\s*\$)/` is correct,
+you would double each backslash and write the pattern as:
+
+```
+pattern: '\\[(\\w+):\\s*(\\w+)\\](\\s*\\$)',
+```
+The values for `hostname`, `username`, and `pattern` are indexes into the match array returned by `RegExp#exec`.
+
 For example, define a pattern for MacOS bash default prompt:
 
 ```
@@ -133,7 +144,7 @@ See [here](http://ascii-table.com/ansi-escape-sequences-vt-100.php) for more det
 
 ### autoProfile.debug (Default: false)
 
-If enabled, debug informations are written to console
+If enabled, debug information is written to the DevTools console
 
 ## Caveat
 
diff --git a/config.example b/config.example
index 98c3469..aed392b 100644
--- a/config.example
+++ b/config.example
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
           backgroundColor: '#004'
         }
       ],
-      stripAnsiSequences: true //default
+      stripAnsiSequences: true, //default
+      debug: false, //default
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b431c31..98901de 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ function formatConfiguration(autoProfileConfig) {
   if (!autoProfileConfig || !autoProfileConfig.prompts || !autoProfileConfig.profiles) {
     return formattedConfig;
   }
+  formattedConfig.debug = autoProfileConfig.debug;
+  formattedConfig.stripAnsiSequences = autoProfileConfig.stripAnsiSequences;
   formattedConfig.prompts = autoProfileConfig.prompts;
   const profiles = [];
   autoProfileConfig.profiles.forEach(profile => {