diff --git a/cake/basics.php b/cake/basics.php
index 88ea14bdb..c553a294d 100644
--- a/cake/basics.php
+++ b/cake/basics.php
@@ -94,16 +94,29 @@
 		if (Configure::read('debug') > 0) {
 			if ($showFrom) {
 				$calledFrom = debug_backtrace();
-				echo '<strong>' . substr(str_replace(ROOT, '', $calledFrom[0]['file']), 1) . '</strong>';
-				echo ' (line <strong>' . $calledFrom[0]['line'] . '</strong>)';
+				if(defined('CAKEPHP_SHELL')){
+					echo "##########DEBUG##########\n";
+					echo substr(str_replace(ROOT, '', $calledFrom[0]['file']), 1) ;
+					echo ' (line ' . $calledFrom[0]['line'] . ')'."\n";
+				}else{
+					echo '<strong>' . substr(str_replace(ROOT, '', $calledFrom[0]['file']), 1) . '</strong>';
+					echo ' (line <strong>' . $calledFrom[0]['line'] . '</strong>)';
+				}
+			}
+			if(!defined('CAKEPHP_SHELL')){
+				echo "\n<pre class=\"cake-debug\">\n";
 			}
-			echo "\n<pre class=\"cake-debug\">\n";
 
 			$var = print_r($var, true);
 			if ($showHtml) {
 				$var = str_replace('<', '&lt;', str_replace('>', '&gt;', $var));
 			}
-			echo $var . "\n</pre>\n";
+			echo $var . "\n";
+			if(!defined('CAKEPHP_SHELL')){
+				echo "<pre class=\"cake-debug\">\n";
+			}else{
+				echo "#########################\n";
+			};
 		}
 	}
 if (!function_exists('sortByKey')) {