diff --git a/sanitizer/_details.js b/sanitizer/_details.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c67f7c47..00000000
--- a/sanitizer/_details.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-
-var _ = require('lodash'),
-    check = require('check-types');
-
-var DEFAULT_DETAILS_BOOL = true;
-
-// validate inputs, convert types and apply defaults
-function sanitize( raw, clean ){
-
-  // error & warning messages
-  var messages = { errors: [], warnings: [] };
-
-  if( !check.undefined( raw.details ) ){
-    clean.details = isTruthy( raw.details );
-  } else {
-    clean.details = DEFAULT_DETAILS_BOOL;
-  }
-
-  return messages;
-}
-
-// be lenient with 'truthy' values
-function isTruthy(val) {
-  if( check.string( val ) ){
-    return _.includes( ['true', '1'], val );
-  }
-
-  return val === 1 || val === true;
-}
-
-// export function
-module.exports = sanitize;
diff --git a/sanitizer/search.js b/sanitizer/search.js
index 5694c9eb..3ee20246 100644
--- a/sanitizer/search.js
+++ b/sanitizer/search.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ var sanitizeAll = require('../sanitizer/sanitizeAll'),
       private: require('../sanitizer/_flag_bool')('private', false),
       geo_search: require('../sanitizer/_geo_search'),
       boundary_country: require('../sanitizer/_boundary_country'),
-      categories: require('../sanitizer/_categories')
+      categories: require('../sanitizer/_categories'),
+      debug: require('../sanitizer/_debug')
     };
 
 var sanitize = function(req, cb) { sanitizeAll(req, sanitizers, cb); };
diff --git a/test/unit/run.js b/test/unit/run.js
index 71b14e27..182eef0b 100644
--- a/test/unit/run.js
+++ b/test/unit/run.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ var tests = [
   require('./query/structured_geocoding'),
   require('./query/text_parser'),
   require('./sanitizer/_boundary_country'),
+  require('./sanitizer/_debug'),
   require('./sanitizer/_flag_bool'),
   require('./sanitizer/_geo_common'),
   require('./sanitizer/_geo_reverse'),
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitizer/_truthy.js b/test/unit/sanitizer/_truthy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 932a840b..00000000
--- a/test/unit/sanitizer/_truthy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-var isTruthy = require('../../../sanitizer/_truthy');
-
-module.exports.tests = {};
-
-module.exports.tests.sanitize_truthy = function(test, common) {
-  var valid_values = ['true', true, 1, '1', 'yes', 'y'];
-  valid_values.forEach(function(value) {
-    test('truthy value ' + value, function(t) {
-      t.equal(isTruthy(value), true, 'returns true');
-      t.end();
-    });
-  });
-
-  var valid_false_values = ['false', false, 0, '0', 'no', 'n', null, -1, 123, NaN, 'abc'];
-  valid_false_values.forEach(function(value) {
-    test('falsey value ' + value, function(t) {
-      t.equal(isTruthy(value), false, 'returns false');
-      t.end();
-    });
-  });
-};
-
-module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {
-  function test(name, testFunction) {
-    return tape('SANTIZE _truthy ' + name, testFunction);
-  }
-
-  for( var testCase in module.exports.tests ){
-    module.exports.tests[testCase](test, common);
-  }
-};
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitizer/search.js b/test/unit/sanitizer/search.js
index 0d44103d..52d4c180 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitizer/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitizer/search.js
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitize = function(test, common) {
         called_sanitizers.push('_categories');
         return { errors: [], warnings: [] };
       },
+      '../sanitizer/_debug': function() {
+        called_sanitizers.push('_debug');
+        return { errors: [], warnings: [] };
+      }
     });
 
     var expected_sanitizers = [
@@ -98,7 +102,8 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitize = function(test, common) {
       '_flag_bool',
       '_geo_search',
       '_boundary_country',
-      '_categories'
+      '_categories',
+      '_debug'
     ];
 
     var req = {};