diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8b1b2ff..ab42d73 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ include make/libarena.mk
 include make/libioutil.mk
 include make/libmath.mk
 include make/libfat.mk
+include make/libdebugconsole.mk
diff --git a/aux/compiledb.sh b/aux/compiledb.sh
index f1ab5fb..3266ed6 100755
--- a/aux/compiledb.sh
+++ b/aux/compiledb.sh
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ make -B all_compiledb_libarena
 make -B all_compiledb_libioutil
 make -B all_compiledb_libmath
 make -B all_compiledb_libfat
+make -B all_compiledb_libdebugconsole
diff --git a/aux/devel.sh b/aux/devel.sh
index f31b11d..d72fd7d 100755
--- a/aux/devel.sh
+++ b/aux/devel.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ make -B all_libarena      "$bt"
 make -B all_libioutil     "$bt"
 make -B all_libmath       "$bt"
 make -B all_libfat        "$bt"
+make -B all_libdebugconsole "$bt"
 make -B all_apps          "$bt"
 make -B all_dist
 ./aux/limine_iso_amd64.sh
diff --git a/aux/docs.sh b/aux/docs.sh
index 350e814..714cf57 100755
--- a/aux/docs.sh
+++ b/aux/docs.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ make -B docs_libarena
 make -B docs_libioutil
 make -B docs_libmath
 make -B docs_libfat
+make -B docs_libdebugconsole
 
 mkdocs build
diff --git a/aux/format.sh b/aux/format.sh
index e214e92..e76847a 100755
--- a/aux/format.sh
+++ b/aux/format.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ make -B format_libarena
 make -B format_libioutil
 make -B format_libmath
 make -B format_libfat
+make -B format_libdebugconsole
 make -B format_apps
diff --git a/ce/mprintf.c b/ce/mprintf.c
index 6d87fc4..86649a4 100644
--- a/ce/mprintf.c
+++ b/ce/mprintf.c
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <system.h>
 
-void putchar_ (char ch) { (void)ch; }
-
 void mprintf (const char* fmt, ...) {
   va_list args;
   va_start (args, fmt);
diff --git a/include/devices.h b/include/devices.h
index 54ae3f5..3c74256 100644
--- a/include/devices.h
+++ b/include/devices.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _DEVICES_H
 #define _DEVICES_H
 
+/* debugconsole device */
+#define DEBUGCONSOLE_PUTSTR 0
+
 /* terminal device */
 #define TERMINAL_PUTSTR     0
 #define TERMINAL_DIMENSIONS 1
diff --git a/init/Makefile b/init/Makefile
index 08c01ec..f5f047b 100644
--- a/init/Makefile
+++ b/init/Makefile
@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@ $(eval $(call add_lib,libterminal))
 $(eval $(call add_lib,libprocess))
 $(eval $(call add_lib,libstring))
 $(eval $(call add_lib,libkb))
+$(eval $(call add_lib,libdebugconsole))
+$(eval $(call add_lib,libaux))
+
+cflags += -DPRINTF_INCLUDE_CONFIG_H=1
 
 include ../make/user.mk
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 206734b..a4bb216 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <debugconsole.h>
 #include <kb.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <process.h>
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ void receiver (void* arg) {
 }
 
 void app_main (void) {
+  debug_printf ("Init process is running. Starting user shell...\n");
+
   int ce_pid = exec ("RD", "ce");
   ce_pgid = get_procgroup (ce_pid);
 
diff --git a/kernel/amd64/bootmain.c b/kernel/amd64/bootmain.c
index f1c1427..56c9bf6 100644
--- a/kernel/amd64/bootmain.c
+++ b/kernel/amd64/bootmain.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void bootmain (void) {
   vfs_create_volume ("RD", FS_TARFS, rd0, false);
 
   struct device* temp0 = device_find ("TEMP0");
-  int x = vfs_create_volume ("TEMP", FS_FAT16, temp0, true);
+  vfs_create_volume ("TEMP", FS_FAT16, temp0, true);
 
   proc_pid_alloc_init ();
   procgroup_pgid_alloc_init ();
diff --git a/kernel/device/debugconsole.c b/kernel/device/debugconsole.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..213766f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/device/debugconsole.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include <device/debugconsole.h>
+#include <device/device.h>
+#include <libk/std.h>
+#include <proc/proc.h>
+#include <proc/reschedule.h>
+#include <status.h>
+#include <sys/debug.h>
+
+bool debugconsole_init (struct device* device, void* arg) {
+  (void)device, (void)arg;
+  return true;
+}
+
+void debugconsole_fini (struct device* device) { (void)device; }
+
+int debugconsole_putstr (struct device* device, struct proc* proc, struct reschedule_ctx* rctx,
+                         void* a1, void* a2, void* a3, void* a4) {
+  (void)a2, (void)a3, (void)a4, (void)device, (void)rctx;
+
+  char* string = (char*)a1;
+  size_t* len = (size_t*)a2;
+
+  if (string == NULL || len == NULL)
+    return -ST_BAD_ADDRESS_SPACE;
+
+  spin_lock (&proc->lock);
+  int pid = proc->pid;
+  spin_unlock (&proc->lock);
+
+  debugprintf ("(CPU %d; PID %d) %.*s\n", thiscpu->id, pid, (int)*len, string);
+
+  return ST_OK;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/device/debugconsole.h b/kernel/device/debugconsole.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25f883f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/device/debugconsole.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef _KERNEL_DEVICE_DEBUGCONSOLE_H
+#define _KERNEL_DEVICE_DEBUGCONSOLE_H
+
+#include <libk/std.h>
+#include <proc/proc.h>
+#include <proc/reschedule.h>
+
+struct device;
+
+bool debugconsole_init (struct device* device, void* arg);
+
+void debugconsole_fini (struct device* device);
+
+int debugconsole_putstr (struct device* device, struct proc* proc, struct reschedule_ctx* rctx,
+                         void* a1, void* a2, void* a3, void* a4);
+
+#endif // _KERNEL_DEVICE_DEBUGCONSOLE_H
diff --git a/kernel/device/device.c b/kernel/device/device.c
index 6068afb..6008e92 100644
--- a/kernel/device/device.c
+++ b/kernel/device/device.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+#include <device/debugconsole.h>
 #include <device/device.h>
 #include <device/partdrv.h>
 #include <device/partitions.h>
-#include <device/pci.h>
 #include <device/ramdrv.h>
 #include <device/terminal.h>
 #include <devices.h>
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <sys/debug.h>
 
 #if defined(__x86_64__)
+#include <device/pci.h>
 #include <device/ps2_kb.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -85,7 +86,14 @@ struct device* device_create (const char* key, device_op_func_t* ops, size_t ops
   return device;
 }
 
-void terminal_device_init (void) {
+static void debugconsole_device_init (void) {
+  device_op_func_t ops[] = {
+      [DEBUGCONSOLE_PUTSTR] = &debugconsole_putstr,
+  };
+  device_create ("DEBUGCONSOLE", ops, lengthof (ops), &debugconsole_init, &debugconsole_fini, NULL);
+}
+
+static void terminal_device_init (void) {
   device_op_func_t ops[] = {
       [TERMINAL_PUTSTR] = &terminal_putstr,
       [TERMINAL_DIMENSIONS] = &terminal_dimensions,
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ void terminal_device_init (void) {
   device_create ("TERMINAL", ops, lengthof (ops), &terminal_init, &terminal_fini, NULL);
 }
 
-void ramdisk_device_init (void) {
+static void ramdisk_device_init (void) {
   device_op_func_t ops[] = {
       [XDRV_GET_SIZE] = &ramdrv_get_size,
       [XDRV_GET_SECTOR_SIZE] = &ramdrv_get_sector_size,
@@ -136,7 +144,7 @@ void ramdisk_device_init (void) {
   LZ4F_freeDecompressionContext (dctx);
 }
 
-void temp_device_init (void) {
+static void temp_device_init (void) {
   device_op_func_t ops[] = {
       [XDRV_GET_SIZE] = &ramdrv_get_size,
       [XDRV_GET_SECTOR_SIZE] = &ramdrv_get_sector_size,
@@ -153,7 +161,7 @@ void temp_device_init (void) {
 }
 
 #if defined(__x86_64__)
-void ps2kb_device_init (void) {
+static void ps2kb_device_init (void) {
   device_op_func_t ops[] = {
       [KB_READ_KEY] = &ps2kb_read_key,
   };
@@ -167,6 +175,7 @@ void devices_init (void) {
   terminal_device_init ();
   ramdisk_device_init ();
   temp_device_init ();
+  debugconsole_device_init ();
 
 #if defined(__x86_64__)
   ps2kb_device_init ();
diff --git a/kernel/device/src.mk b/kernel/device/src.mk
index 05aaeb9..662f8f0 100644
--- a/kernel/device/src.mk
+++ b/kernel/device/src.mk
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ c += device/device.c \
 		 device/terminal.c \
 		 device/ramdrv.c \
 		 device/partdrv.c \
-		 device/partitions.c
+		 device/partitions.c \
+		 device/debugconsole.c
 
 o += device/device.o \
 		 device/terminal.o \
 		 device/ramdrv.o \
 		 device/partdrv.o \
-		 device/partitions.o
+		 device/partitions.o \
+		 device/debugconsole.o
 
 ifeq ($(platform),amd64)
 	c += device/ps2_kb.c \
diff --git a/kernel/device/terminal.h b/kernel/device/terminal.h
index cbd21a1..1218a86 100644
--- a/kernel/device/terminal.h
+++ b/kernel/device/terminal.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <proc/reschedule.h>
 
 struct device;
-struct device_op_ctx;
 
 bool terminal_init (struct device* device, void* arg);
 
diff --git a/libaux/printf.c b/libaux/printf.c
index 1435341..22f020f 100644
--- a/libaux/printf.c
+++ b/libaux/printf.c
@@ -1691,3 +1691,5 @@ int fctprintf (void (*out) (char c, void* extra_arg), void* extra_arg, const cha
   va_end (args);
   return ret;
 }
+
+void putchar_ (char ch) { (void)ch; }
diff --git a/libdebugconsole/.gitignore b/libdebugconsole/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de276e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdebugconsole/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.o
+*.json
+docs/
+.cache/
diff --git a/libdebugconsole/Makefile b/libdebugconsole/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06dbe6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdebugconsole/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+include ../make/ufuncs.mk
+
+$(eval $(call add_include,libsystem))
+$(eval $(call add_include,liballoc))
+$(eval $(call add_include,libaux))
+
+cflags += -DPRINTF_INCLUDE_CONFIG_H=1
+
+libname := libdebugconsole
+
+include ../make/lib.mk
diff --git a/libdebugconsole/build/.gitignore b/libdebugconsole/build/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10301e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdebugconsole/build/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.a
diff --git a/libdebugconsole/debugconsole.c b/libdebugconsole/debugconsole.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb72417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdebugconsole/debugconsole.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <debugconsole.h>
+#include <devices.h>
+#include <liballoc.h>
+#include <printf.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <system.h>
+
+int debugconsole_print (const char* string, size_t len) {
+  return device_do ("DEBUGCONSOLE", DEBUGCONSOLE_PUTSTR, (void*)string, (void*)&len, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+void debug_printf (const char* fmt, ...) {
+  va_list args;
+  va_start (args, fmt);
+
+  char* buf = malloc (DEBUG_PRINTF_MAX);
+
+  if (buf == NULL) {
+    va_end (args);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  buf[0] = '\0';
+  int len = vsnprintf (buf, DEBUG_PRINTF_MAX, fmt, args);
+
+  va_end (args);
+
+  debugconsole_print (buf, len);
+  free (buf);
+}
diff --git a/libdebugconsole/debugconsole.h b/libdebugconsole/debugconsole.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9279baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdebugconsole/debugconsole.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef _LIBDEBUGCONSOLE_DEBUGCONSOLE_H
+#define _LIBDEBUGCONSOLE_DEBUGCONSOLE_H
+
+#define DEBUG_PRINTF_MAX (16 * 1024)
+
+int debugconsole_print (const char* string, size_t len);
+
+void debug_printf (const char* fmt, ...);
+
+#endif // _LIBDEBUGCONSOLE_DEBUGCONSOLE_H
diff --git a/libdebugconsole/src.mk b/libdebugconsole/src.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6abdc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdebugconsole/src.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+c += debugconsole.c
+
+o += debugconsole.o
diff --git a/make/libdebugconsole.mk b/make/libdebugconsole.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1643aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/libdebugconsole.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+all_libdebugconsole:
+	make -C libdebugconsole platform=$(platform) all
+
+all_compiledb_libdebugconsole:
+	bear --output libdebugconsole/compile_commands.json -- make -C libdebugconsole platform=$(platform) all
+
+clean_libdebugconsole:
+	make -C libdebugconsole platform=$(platform) clean
+
+format_libdebugconsole:
+	make -C libdebugconsole platform=$(platform) format
+
+docs_libdebugconsole:
+	make -C libdebugconsole platform=$(platform) docs
+
+.PHONY: all_libdebugconsole clean_libdebugconsole format_libdebugconsole docs_libdebugconsole all_compiledb_libdebugconsole