diff --git a/apprise/Apprise.py b/apprise/Apprise.py
index 02bd7c325..608359d94 100644
--- a/apprise/Apprise.py
+++ b/apprise/Apprise.py
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ def notify(self, body, title='', notify_type=NotifyType.INFO,
                     notify_type=notify_type, body_format=body_format,
                     tag=tag, attach=attach,
                     interpret_escapes=interpret_escapes,
-                )
+                ),
+                debug=self.debug
             )
 
         else:
@@ -377,8 +378,7 @@ def async_notify(self, *args, **kwargs):
         else:
             if len(coroutines) > 0:
                 # All notifications sent, return False if any failed.
-                return py3compat.asyncio.notify(
-                    coroutines, debug=self.debug)
+                return py3compat.asyncio.notify(coroutines)
 
             else:
                 # No notifications sent.
diff --git a/apprise/py3compat/asyncio.py b/apprise/py3compat/asyncio.py
index 242074cf8..3724c8a02 100644
--- a/apprise/py3compat/asyncio.py
+++ b/apprise/py3compat/asyncio.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 # async reference produces a SyntaxError (E999) in Python v2.7
 # For this reason we turn on the noqa flag
-async def notify(coroutines, debug=False):  # noqa: E999
+async def notify(coroutines):  # noqa: E999
     """
     An async wrapper to the AsyncNotifyBase.async_notify() calls allowing us
     to call gather() and collect the responses