diff --git a/django_app/settings_dev.py b/django_app/settings_dev.py
index daa9c741..af289971 100644
--- a/django_app/settings_dev.py
+++ b/django_app/settings_dev.py
@@ -1,37 +1,38 @@
 # settings for dev.py
    
 import environ
 
 # If using in your own project, update the project namespace below
 from django_app.settings import *
 
 env = environ.Env(
     # set casting, default value
     DEBUG=(bool, False)
 )
 
 
 # False if not in os.environ
-DEBUG = env('DEBUG')
+#DEBUG = env('DEBUG')
+DEBUG = True
 
 # Raises django's ImproperlyConfigured exception if SECRET_KEY not in os.environ
 SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY')
 
 # wildcard to change for production
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
 
     
 # }
 DATABASES = {
     # read os.environ['DATABASE_URL'] and raises ImproperlyConfigured exception if not found
     'default': {
         'NAME': env('DBNAME'),
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', #mysql.connector.django or django.db.backends.mysql
         'USER': env('DBUSER'),
         'PASSWORD': env('DBPASSWORD'),
         'HOST': env('DBHOST'),
         
         }
     }