diff --git a/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py b/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
index e7327e21..973b3bb5 100644
--- a/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
+++ b/allianceauth/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ CACHES = {
 SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.cached_db"
 
 DEBUG = True
+DISPLAY_DEBUG = True
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
diff --git a/allianceauth/templates/allianceauth/admin-status/overview.html b/allianceauth/templates/allianceauth/admin-status/overview.html
index 17bf0012..31d4ff09 100644
--- a/allianceauth/templates/allianceauth/admin-status/overview.html
+++ b/allianceauth/templates/allianceauth/admin-status/overview.html
@@ -118,6 +118,20 @@
     </div>
 </div>
 
+{% if debug %}
+    <div id="aa-dashboard-panel-debug" class="col-12 mb-3">
+        <div class="card text-bg-warning">
+            <div class="card-body">
+                <h5 class="card-title">{% translate "Debug mode" %}</h5>
+                <p class="card-text">
+                    {% translate "Debug mode is currently turned on. Make sure to turn it off as soon as you are finished testing" %}
+                </p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{% endif %}
+
+
 <script>
     const elemRunning = document.getElementById("task-counts");
     const elemQueued = document.getElementById("queued-tasks-count");
diff --git a/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py b/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
index f9f8347b..d1e0f33d 100644
--- a/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
+++ b/allianceauth/templatetags/admin_status.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def status_overview() -> dict:
         "tasks_total": 0,
         "tasks_hours": 0,
         "earliest_task": None,
+        "debug": settings.DEBUG if settings.DISPLAY_DEBUG else False,
     }
     response.update(_current_notifications())
     response.update(_current_version_summary())
diff --git a/docs/development/dev_setup/aa-dev-setup-wsl-vsc-v2.md b/docs/development/dev_setup/aa-dev-setup-wsl-vsc-v2.md
index b19e3b9a..a5ff33cf 100644
--- a/docs/development/dev_setup/aa-dev-setup-wsl-vsc-v2.md
+++ b/docs/development/dev_setup/aa-dev-setup-wsl-vsc-v2.md
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ There are two Django settings files: ``base.py`` and ``local.py``. The base sett
 
 ```python
 DEBUG = True
+DISPLAY_DEBUG = False
 ```
 
 Define URL and name of your site: