diff --git a/modules/faqcs/main.nf b/modules/faqcs/main.nf
index a03a0150..24f81a95 100644
--- a/modules/faqcs/main.nf
+++ b/modules/faqcs/main.nf
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ process FAQCS {
     output:
     tuple val(meta), path('*.trimmed.fastq.gz')           , emit: reads
     tuple val(meta), path('*.stats.txt')                  , emit: stats
+    tuple val(meta), path('*.txt')                        , optional:true, emit: txt
     tuple val(meta), path('*_qc_report.pdf')              , optional:true, emit: statspdf
     tuple val(meta), path('*.log')                        , emit: log
     tuple val(meta), path('*.discard.fastq.gz')           , optional:true, emit: reads_fail
diff --git a/modules/faqcs/meta.yml b/modules/faqcs/meta.yml
index eca35e65..1161a13d 100644
--- a/modules/faqcs/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/faqcs/meta.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ output:
       type: file
       description: trimming/qc text stats file
       pattern: "*.stats.txt"
+  - txt:
+      type: file
+      description: trimming/qc text txt files from --debug option
+      pattern: "*.txt"
   - statspdf:
       type: file
       description: trimming/qc pdf report file