diff --git a/bin/vps b/bin/vps
index 3b075aa..7e04150 100755
--- a/bin/vps
+++ b/bin/vps
@@ -1773,8 +1773,9 @@ cmdline.spec.gnu dump
 cmdline.spec:odoo:cmd:dump:run() {
 
     : :posarg: DUMP_ZIPFILE       'Target path to store odoo dump zip file.'
-    : :optval: --database,-d      'Target database (default if not specified)'
+    : :optval: --database,-D      'Target database (default if not specified)'
     : :optval: --service,-s       "The service (defaults to 'odoo')"
+    : :optfla: --debug,-d        "Display debugging information"
 
     odoo_service="${opt_service:-odoo}"
 
@@ -1782,8 +1783,16 @@ cmdline.spec:odoo:cmd:dump:run() {
 
     msg_dbname=default
     [ -n "$opt_database" ] && msg_dbname="'$opt_database'"
-    compose --no-hooks save "$odoo_service" $opt_database > "$DUMP_ZIPFILE" || {
-        err "Error dumping ${DARKYELLOW}$odoo_service${NORMAL}'s $msg_dbname database to '$DUMP_ZIPFILE'."
+
+    opts_compose=()
+    [ -t 1 ] && opts_compose+=("--color")
+    [ "$opt_debug" ] && {
+        VERBOSE=1
+        opts_compose+=("--debug")
+    }
+
+    compose --no-hooks "${opts_compose[@]}" save "$odoo_service" $opt_database > "$DUMP_ZIPFILE" || {
+        err "Failed dumping ${DARKYELLOW}$odoo_service${NORMAL}'s $msg_dbname database to '$DUMP_ZIPFILE'."
         exit 1
     }