diff --git a/config/sample/sample-development.engine-api.ini b/config/sample/sample-development.engine-api.ini
index 12e7923a3cb51afed0c17ed537155555055c296a..05fdd4cce268bfca481f54b58af8920e913dbf14 100644
--- a/config/sample/sample-development.engine-api.ini
+++ b/config/sample/sample-development.engine-api.ini
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ db_host="localhost"
 db_charset="utf8"
 
 [monitoring]
-logdir="/home/david/Code/aura/engine-api/logs"
+logdir="./logs"
 # possible values: debug, info, warning, error, critical
 loglevel="info"
+debug_flask="false"
 
 [api]
 api_port=8008
diff --git a/src/server.py b/src/server.py
index 328953363846d10da3c55cd2e43427e8efd7f27d..51d8d3ba058e5e522b2fc724ff4cd293981753bc 100644
--- a/src/server.py
+++ b/src/server.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ def configure_flask(app):
     app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
     app.config['ENV'] = "development"
     app.config['FLASK_ENV'] = "development"
+    if config.get("debug_flask") == "true":
+        app.config['DEBUG'] = True
     return app