diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index a43c162..956e6f8 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"TITLE": "pyShelf E-Book Server", "VERSION": "0.6.0", "BOOKPATH": "~/books", "DB_HOST": "localhost", "DB_PORT": "5432", "DATABASE": "pyshelf", "USER": "pyshelf", "PASSWORD": "pyshelf", "BOOKSHELF": "data/shelf.json", "ALLOWED_HOSTS": "*", "SECRET": ""}
+{"TITLE": "pyShelf E-Book Server", "VERSION": "0.6.0", "BOOKPATH": "~/books", "DB_HOST": "localhost", "DB_PORT": "5432", "DATABASE": "pyshelf", "USER": "pyshelf", "PASSWORD": "pyshelf", "BOOKSHELF": "data/shelf.json", "ALLOWED_HOSTS": "*", "SECRET": "", "BUILD_MODE": "DEBUG"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 7b4a6c6..684d71e 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # Use the following commands to build and push the docker image to Dockerhub:
 #
-#   docker build -t pyshelf/pyshelf -f .\docker\Dockerfile .
+#   docker build -t pyshelf/pyshelf -f ./docker/Dockerfile .
 #   docker login
 #   docker push pyshelf/pyshelf
 
diff --git a/docker/development.docker-compose.yml b/docker/development.docker-compose.yml
index 995a7be..c395f78 100644
--- a/docker/development.docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/development.docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ version: "3.7"
 
 # For development, use the following command in the root folder:
 #    
-#   docker-compose -f .\docker\development.docker-compose.yml up --build
+#   docker-compose -f ./docker/development.docker-compose.yml up --build
 
 services:
     db:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c14ff50..962868d 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ mobi-python
 uwsgi
 jsonpickle
 django-widget-tweaks
+pudb
diff --git a/src/backend/lib/config.py b/src/backend/lib/config.py
index dfa3636..d5aa5cc 100755
--- a/src/backend/lib/config.py
+++ b/src/backend/lib/config.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Config:
         self.db_user = _data["USER"]
         self.db_pass = _data["PASSWORD"]
         self.SECRET = _data["SECRET"]
+        self.debug_build_mode = (_data["BUILD_MODE"].casefold() == "debug")
 
     def open_file(self, _cp):
         """
diff --git a/src/frontend/settings.py b/src/frontend/settings.py
index 0cb56e8..6e1a91d 100755
--- a/src/frontend/settings.py
+++ b/src/frontend/settings.py
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
 SECRET_KEY = CONFIG.SECRET
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = TEMPLATE_DEBUG = False
+DEBUG = TEMPLATE_DEBUG = CONFIG.debug_build_mode
 if DEBUG is True:
+    print("DEBUG build mode is ON")
     from pudb.remote import set_trace
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = CONFIG.allowed_hosts