diff --git a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/java/agent/gdb/manager/impl/GdbManagerImpl.java b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/java/agent/gdb/manager/impl/GdbManagerImpl.java
index 192881bf4a..0fdc9e71b1 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/java/agent/gdb/manager/impl/GdbManagerImpl.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-gdb/src/main/java/agent/gdb/manager/impl/GdbManagerImpl.java
@@ -37,16 +37,19 @@ import agent.gdb.manager.impl.cmd.*;
 import agent.gdb.manager.parsing.GdbMiParser;
 import agent.gdb.manager.parsing.GdbParsingUtils.GdbParseError;
 import agent.gdb.pty.*;
+import ghidra.GhidraApplicationLayout;
 import ghidra.async.*;
 import ghidra.async.AsyncLock.Hold;
 import ghidra.dbg.error.DebuggerModelTerminatingException;
 import ghidra.dbg.util.HandlerMap;
 import ghidra.dbg.util.PrefixMap;
 import ghidra.framework.Application;
+import ghidra.framework.GhidraApplicationConfiguration;
 import ghidra.lifecycle.Internal;
 import ghidra.util.Msg;
 import ghidra.util.SystemUtilities;
 import ghidra.util.datastruct.ListenerSet;
+import ghidra.util.task.ConsoleTaskMonitor;
 import sun.misc.Signal;
 import sun.misc.SignalHandler;
 
@@ -206,7 +209,8 @@ public class GdbManagerImpl implements GdbManager {
 
 	private void initLog() {
 		try {
-			File userSettings = Application.getUserSettingsDirectory();
+			GhidraApplicationLayout layout = new GhidraApplicationLayout();
+			File userSettings = layout.getUserSettingsDir();
 			File logFile = new File(userSettings, "GDB.log");
 			try {
 				logFile.createNewFile();
@@ -216,7 +220,7 @@ public class GdbManagerImpl implements GdbManager {
 			}
 			DBG_LOG = new PrintWriter(new FileOutputStream(logFile));
 		}
-		catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+		catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new AssertionError(e);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-gadp/src/main/java/ghidra/dbg/gadp/server/AbstractGadpLocalDebuggerModelFactory.java b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-gadp/src/main/java/ghidra/dbg/gadp/server/AbstractGadpLocalDebuggerModelFactory.java
index 3e0e19ede9..7f30d45033 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-gadp/src/main/java/ghidra/dbg/gadp/server/AbstractGadpLocalDebuggerModelFactory.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-gadp/src/main/java/ghidra/dbg/gadp/server/AbstractGadpLocalDebuggerModelFactory.java
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractGadpLocalDebuggerModelFactory implements DebuggerM
 	public final Property<Integer> jdwpPortOption =
 		Property.fromAccessors(int.class, this::getJdwpPort, this::setJdwpPort);
 
+	protected boolean jdwpSuspend = false;
+	@FactoryOption("Suspend for JDWP")
+	public final Property<Boolean> jdwpSuspendOption =
+		Property.fromAccessors(boolean.class, this::isJdwpSuspend, this::setJdwpSuspend);
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the name of the thread which processes the agent's stdout
 	 */
@@ -86,6 +91,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractGadpLocalDebuggerModelFactory implements DebuggerM
 		this.jdwpPort = jdwpPort;
 	}
 
+	public boolean isJdwpSuspend() {
+		return jdwpSuspend;
+	}
+
+	public void setJdwpSuspend(boolean jdwpSuspend) {
+		this.jdwpSuspend = jdwpSuspend;
+	}
+
 	class AgentThread extends Thread {
 		int port;
 		Process process;
@@ -104,7 +117,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractGadpLocalDebuggerModelFactory implements DebuggerM
 				cmd.addAll(List.of("-cp", System.getProperty("java.class.path")));
 				if (jdwpPort >= 0) {
 					cmd.add("-agentlib:jdwp=server=y,transport=dt_socket,address=" + jdwpPort +
-						",suspend=n");
+						",suspend=" + (jdwpSuspend ? "y" : "n"));
 				}
 				completeCommandLine(cmd);
 				builder.command(cmd);