diff --git a/source/CommunicationInterface.m b/source/CommunicationInterface.m
index 1ae2fe7306978afcfb648ab6a74f5f6a0c29fbdc..65869b81eb47ed71584ec130139000e3eca03ae2 100755
--- a/source/CommunicationInterface.m
+++ b/source/CommunicationInterface.m
@@ -1947,7 +1947,7 @@ classdef CommunicationInterface < handle
             
             % Verbose output
             if brick.debug > 0
-               fprintf('sent:  [ ');
+               fprintf('\t(DEBUG) sent:  [ ');
                for ii=1:length(cmd.msg)
                    fprintf('%s ',dec2hex(cmd.msg(ii)))
                end
@@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ classdef CommunicationInterface < handle
             
             % Verbose output
             if brick.debug > 0
-               fprintf('received:  [ ');
+               fprintf('\t(DEBUG) received:  [ ');
                for ii=1:length(rmsg)
                    fprintf('%s ',dec2hex(rmsg(ii)))
                end
diff --git a/source/btBrickIO.m b/source/btBrickIO.m
index ea8ed4c4ad291c3820e84829b1c462fbda562353..639ea0c8d8d69092f10c18a8a8b8417fb93b869a 100644
--- a/source/btBrickIO.m
+++ b/source/btBrickIO.m
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ classdef btBrickIO < BrickIO
             brickIO.setProperties(varargin{:});
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) btBrickIO init\n');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (BT init) \n');
             end
             
             % Set the connection handle
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ classdef btBrickIO < BrickIO
             % Delete the btBrickIO object and closes the connection
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) (BT delete\n');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (BT delete) \n');
             end
             
             % Disconnect
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ classdef btBrickIO < BrickIO
             % Opens the bluetooth connection to the brick using fopen.
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) (BT open)\n');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (BT open)\n');
             end
             
             % Open the bt handle
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ classdef btBrickIO < BrickIO
             % Closes the bluetooth connection the brick using fclose.
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) (BT close) \n');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (BT close) \n');
             end 
             
             try
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ classdef btBrickIO < BrickIO
             % Reads data from the brick through bluetooth via fread and returns the data in uint8 format.
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) (BT read) \n');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (BT read) \n');
             end 
             
             try
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ classdef btBrickIO < BrickIO
             %     wmsg (uint8 array): Data to be written to the brick via bluetooth
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) btBrickIO write\n');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (BT write) \n');
             end 
             
             try
diff --git a/source/usbBrickIO.m b/source/usbBrickIO.m
index 0f7bbf1fcf536b4b8d8d8663636691ce02e94e45..c0bd3ccdaba821bcf75c20886477d1ad7c55a352 100644
--- a/source/usbBrickIO.m
+++ b/source/usbBrickIO.m
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ classdef usbBrickIO < BrickIO
             brickIO.setProperties(varargin{:});
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) (USB init)\n');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (USB init)\n');
             end
             
             % Set the connection handle
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ classdef usbBrickIO < BrickIO
             % Delete the usbBrickIO object and closes the connection
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) (USB delete)\n');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (USB delete)\n');
             end
             
             % Disconnect
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ classdef usbBrickIO < BrickIO
             % Opens the usb connection to the brick through the hidapi interface.
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) (USB open)\n');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (USB open)\n');
             end
             
             % Open the usb handle 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ classdef usbBrickIO < BrickIO
             % Closes the usb connection the brick through the hidapi interface.
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) (USB close) \n');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (USB close) \n');
             end 
             
             try
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ classdef usbBrickIO < BrickIO
             % Reads data from the brick through usb using the hidapi interface and returns the data in uint8 format.
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) (USB read)   ');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (USB read)   ');
             end 
             
             % Read from the usb handle
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ classdef usbBrickIO < BrickIO
             %     wmsg (uint8 array): Data to be written to the brick via usb
             
             if brickIO.debug > 0
-                fprintf('(DEBUG) (USB write)  ');
+                fprintf('\t(DEBUG) (USB write)  ');
             end 
             
             % Write to the usb handle using report ID 0