No Output When DEBUG Loaded From .env file

[slimandslam]

I'm sure I've done something painfully stupid here, but......

nodejs v20 script:

import dotenv from "dotenv"; 
dotenv.config();
import debug from 'debug';
const logit = debug("myclient:trd");
console.log("DEBUG LIB:", debug.enabled("myclient:trd")); 
console.log("DEBUG ENV:", process.env.DEBUG);
logit("This is a test debug message.");

output:

DEBUG LIB: false
DEBUG ENV: myclient:trd

It seems like debugging should be turned on, but it isn't.