diff --git a/modemmanager/Config.in b/modemmanager/Config.in
index ebcb60dbc..345f39fd3 100644
--- a/modemmanager/Config.in
+++ b/modemmanager/Config.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ config MODEMMANAGER_WITH_QRTR
 
 config MODEMMANAGER_WITH_AT_COMMAND_VIA_DBUS
 	bool "Allow AT commands via DBus"
-	default n
+	default y
 	help
 	  Compile ModemManager allowing AT commands without debug flag
 
diff --git a/modemmanager/files/etc/init.d/modemmanager b/modemmanager/files/etc/init.d/modemmanager
index e34080837..8741aa6a1 100644
--- a/modemmanager/files/etc/init.d/modemmanager
+++ b/modemmanager/files/etc/init.d/modemmanager
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ start_service() {
 	procd_open_instance "service"
 	procd_set_param command /usr/sbin/ModemManager-wrapper
 	procd_append_param command --log-level="$LOG_LEVEL"
-	#[ "$LOG_LEVEL" = "DEBUG" ] && procd_append_param command --debug
-	procd_append_param command --debug
+	[ "$LOG_LEVEL" = "DEBUG" ] && procd_append_param command --debug
 	procd_set_param respawn "${respawn_threshold:-3600}" "${respawn_timeout:-5}" "${respawn_retry:-5}"
 	procd_set_param pidfile "${MODEMMANAGER_PID_FILE}"
 	procd_close_instance