diff --git a/runtime/examples/Rust/tapasco-debug/src/app.rs b/runtime/examples/Rust/tapasco-debug/src/app.rs
index 47caddae..b2fd9cd7 100644
--- a/runtime/examples/Rust/tapasco-debug/src/app.rs
+++ b/runtime/examples/Rust/tapasco-debug/src/app.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl<'a> App<'a> {
         // Get Tapasco Loadable Linux Kernel Module
         let tlkm = TLKM::new().context(TLKMInit {})?;
         // Allocate the device with the given ID
-        let mut tlkm_device = tlkm
+        let tlkm_device = tlkm
             .device_alloc(device_id, &HashMap::new())
             .context(TLKMInit {})?;
 
@@ -77,13 +77,14 @@ impl<'a> App<'a> {
                 // no special access is necessary. This is a no-op.
                 "Monitor"
             }
-            AccessMode::Debug {} => {
-                // Change device access to exclusive to be able to acquire PEs
-                tlkm_device
-                    .change_access(tapasco::tlkm::tlkm_access::TlkmAccessExclusive)
-                    .context(DeviceInit {})?;
-                "Debug"
-            }
+            // TODO: 3. When Issue #296 is fixed, enable debug mode here again, too.
+            //AccessMode::Debug {} => {
+            //    // Change device access to exclusive to be able to acquire PEs
+            //    tlkm_device
+            //        .change_access(tapasco::tlkm::tlkm_access::TlkmAccessExclusive)
+            //        .context(DeviceInit {})?;
+            //    "Debug"
+            //}
             AccessMode::Unsafe {} => {
                 // Change device access to exclusive to be able to acquire PEs
                 warn!("Running in Unsafe Mode");
@@ -277,7 +278,9 @@ impl<'a> App<'a> {
         if self.tabs.index == 0 {
             match self.access_mode {
                 AccessMode::Monitor {} => {}
-                AccessMode::Debug {} | AccessMode::Unsafe {} => {
+                // TODO: 4. Replace the second next line with the next line:
+                // AccessMode::Debug {} | AccessMode::Unsafe {} => {
+                AccessMode::Unsafe {} => {
                     match self.input_mode {
                         InputMode::Normal => {
                             match self.focus {
diff --git a/runtime/examples/Rust/tapasco-debug/src/main.rs b/runtime/examples/Rust/tapasco-debug/src/main.rs
index b66fc902..a36a91a2 100644
--- a/runtime/examples/Rust/tapasco-debug/src/main.rs
+++ b/runtime/examples/Rust/tapasco-debug/src/main.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
 
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
+// TODO: 1. When issue #296 is fixed, remove the paragraph about the `EMFILE` error.
 /// The interactive `TaPaSCo` Debugger can be used to retrieve information about the loaded
 /// bitstream, monitor other `TaPaSCo` runtimes and write values to the registers of your PEs
+///
+/// Currently due to a `libtapasco` bug where DMA Buffers, Interrupts, etc. are allocated even in monitor mode, you will have to start your other runtime twice, where the first time the `EMFILE` error is to be expected.
 #[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
 #[structopt(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 struct Opt {
@@ -43,8 +46,9 @@ struct Opt {
 pub enum Command {
     /// Enter Monitor Mode where values cannot be modified, e.g. to monitor another runtime
     Monitor {},
-    /// Enter Debug Mode where values can only be modified interactively in this debugger
-    Debug {},
+    // TODO: 2. When issue #296 is fixed, enable debug mode again.
+    // /// Enter Debug Mode where values can only be modified interactively in this debugger
+    // Debug {},
     /// Enter Unsafe Mode where values can be modified by this debugger and another runtime
     Unsafe {},
 }