diff --git a/dotdrop/config.py b/dotdrop/config.py
index ada5446..52afb4d 100644
--- a/dotdrop/config.py
+++ b/dotdrop/config.py
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ class Cfg:
         self.lnk_settings[self.key_workdir] = self.curworkdir
         # dump
         ret = yaml.dump(self.content, default_flow_style=False, indent=2)
+        ret = ret.replace('{}', '')
         # restore paths
         self.lnk_settings[self.key_dotpath] = dotpath
         self.lnk_settings[self.key_workdir] = workdir
diff --git a/dotdrop/dotdrop.py b/dotdrop/dotdrop.py
index 6d75143..96122ff 100644
--- a/dotdrop/dotdrop.py
+++ b/dotdrop/dotdrop.py
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ def main():
 
     if opts['debug']:
         LOG.dbg('config file: {}'.format(args['--cfg']))
-        LOG.dbg('opts: {}'.format(opts))
+        LOG.dbg('options:\n{}'.format(opts))
+        LOG.dbg('configs:\n{}'.format(conf.dump()))
 
     # resolve dynamic paths
     conf.eval_dotfiles(opts['profile'], debug=opts['debug'])