diff --git a/scidash/main/settings.py b/scidash/main/settings.py
index 9d0b0b9c..26f700b7 100644
--- a/scidash/main/settings.py
+++ b/scidash/main/settings.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 SECRET_KEY = '4*0@ca#ocm*(1=12m(bfb2p8e$sk-%i4xlj=%$wkj3*&gs!%sr'
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = False
+# Se via OS env, defaults to False
+DEBUG = TEMPLATE_DEBUG = os.environ.get('DEBUG', False)
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
         "*"