diff --git a/debug_runner.go b/debug_runner.go
index 42f68f2..e7cbb7a 100644
--- a/debug_runner.go
+++ b/debug_runner.go
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ func (r *DebugRunner) Run(state StateBag) {
 		pauseFn = DebugPauseDefault
 	}
 
-	// Rebuild the steps so that we insert the pause step after each
-	steps := make([]Step, len(r.Steps)*2)
+	// Wrap steps to call PauseFn after each run and before each cleanup
+	steps := make([]Step, len(r.Steps))
 	for i, step := range r.Steps {
-		steps[i*2] = step
-		steps[(i*2)+1] = &debugStepPause{
+		steps[i] = &debugStepPause{
 			reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(step)).Type().Name(),
+			step,
 			pauseFn,
 		}
 	}
@@ -97,14 +97,17 @@ func DebugPauseDefault(loc DebugLocation, name string, state StateBag) {
 
 type debugStepPause struct {
 	StepName string
+	Step     Step
 	PauseFn  DebugPauseFn
 }
 
 func (s *debugStepPause) Run(state StateBag) StepAction {
+	action := s.Step.Run(state)
 	s.PauseFn(DebugLocationAfterRun, s.StepName, state)
-	return ActionContinue
+	return action
 }
 
 func (s *debugStepPause) Cleanup(state StateBag) {
 	s.PauseFn(DebugLocationBeforeCleanup, s.StepName, state)
+	s.Step.Cleanup(state)
 }
diff --git a/debug_runner_test.go b/debug_runner_test.go
index a071da6..57476e3 100644
--- a/debug_runner_test.go
+++ b/debug_runner_test.go
@@ -172,3 +172,40 @@ func TestDebugPauseDefault(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("didn't complete")
 	}
 }
+
+// confirm that a halting step is debuggable before cleanup
+func TestDebugRunner_Halt(t *testing.T) {
+	data := new(BasicStateBag)
+	stepA := &TestStepAcc{Data: "a"}
+	stepB := &TestStepAcc{Data: "b", Halt: true}
+	stepC := &TestStepAcc{Data: "c"}
+
+	key := "data"
+	pauseFn := func(loc DebugLocation, name string, state StateBag) {
+		direction := "Run"
+		if loc == DebugLocationBeforeCleanup {
+			direction = "Cleanup"
+		}
+
+		if _, ok := state.GetOk(key); !ok {
+			state.Put(key, []string{})
+		}
+
+		data := state.Get(key).([]string)
+		state.Put(key, append(data, direction))
+	}
+
+	r := &DebugRunner{
+		Steps:   []Step{stepA, stepB, stepC},
+		PauseFn: pauseFn,
+	}
+
+	r.Run(data)
+
+	// Test data
+	expected := []string{"a", "Run", "b", "Run", "Cleanup", "Cleanup"}
+	results := data.Get("data").([]string)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(results, expected) {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected results: %#v", results)
+	}
+}