diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52ca3238..ec10c697 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Using the following categories, list your changes in this order:
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+-   The built-in `idom` client will now automatically configure itself to debug mode depending on `settings.py:DEBUG`
+
 ### Changed
 
 -   The `component` template tag now supports both positional and keyword arguments.
diff --git a/src/django_idom/config.py b/src/django_idom/config.py
index 1d7b3075..7931f12d 100644
--- a/src/django_idom/config.py
+++ b/src/django_idom/config.py
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import DEFAULT_CACHE_ALIAS, BaseCache, caches
+from idom.config import IDOM_DEBUG_MODE
 from idom.core.types import ComponentConstructor
 
 from django_idom.defaults import _DEFAULT_QUERY_POSTPROCESSOR
 from django_idom.types import Postprocessor, ViewComponentIframe
 
 
+IDOM_DEBUG_MODE.set_current(getattr(settings, "DEBUG"))
 IDOM_REGISTERED_COMPONENTS: Dict[str, ComponentConstructor] = {}
 IDOM_VIEW_COMPONENT_IFRAMES: Dict[str, ViewComponentIframe] = {}
 IDOM_WEBSOCKET_URL = getattr(