diff --git a/core/settings.py b/core/settings.py
index 7b40610e..2cbd433d 100644
--- a/core/settings.py
+++ b/core/settings.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     pass
 
 # Application definition
-INSTALLED_APPS = [
+INSTALLED_APPS: list[str] = [
     "django.contrib.auth",
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
     "django.contrib.sessions",
@@ -46,10 +46,14 @@
     "waffle",
 ]
 
+INTERNAL_IPS: list[str] = [
+    "127.0.0.1",
+]
+
 if os.environ.get("AZURE_AUTH_ENABLED", "true") != "false":
     INSTALLED_APPS.append("azure_auth")
 
-MIDDLEWARE = [
+MIDDLEWARE: list[str] = [
     "django_prometheus.middleware.PrometheusBeforeMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
     "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
@@ -224,6 +228,11 @@
         environment=ENV or "local",
     )
 
+# add debug toolbar when not running tests
+if DEBUG and not TESTING:
+    INSTALLED_APPS.insert(-1, "debug_toolbar")
+    MIDDLEWARE.insert(1, "debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware")
+
 # Enable / Disable Azure Auth
 if not os.environ.get("AZURE_AUTH_ENABLED", "true") == "false":
     # Adds the Azure Authentication middleware to the Django Authentication middleware
diff --git a/core/urls.py b/core/urls.py
index aa8d8f85..e6d07e0c 100644
--- a/core/urls.py
+++ b/core/urls.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 
+from debug_toolbar.toolbar import debug_toolbar_urls
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.urls import include, path
 
 app_name = "core"
@@ -26,4 +28,9 @@
     path("", include("django_prometheus.urls")),
 ]
 
+if settings.DEBUG and not settings.TESTING:
+    urlpatterns = [
+        *urlpatterns,
+    ] + debug_toolbar_urls()
+    
 handler404 = "core.views.handler404"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 2094e86d..59952e79 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "acryl-datahub"
@@ -820,6 +820,21 @@ files = [
 Django = ">=3.2"
 msal = ">=1.18.0,<2.0.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "django-debug-toolbar"
+version = "4.4.6"
+description = "A configurable set of panels that display various debug information about the current request/response."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "django_debug_toolbar-4.4.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3beb671c9ec44ffb817fad2780667f172bd1c067dbcabad6268ce39a81335f45"},
+    {file = "django_debug_toolbar-4.4.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:36e421cb908c2f0675e07f9f41e3d1d8618dc386392ec82d23bcfcd5d29c7044"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+django = ">=4.2.9"
+sqlparse = ">=0.2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "django-prometheus"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -3119,4 +3134,4 @@ multidict = ">=4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "c8463d9a43a531980200f1dfe575fdb652b0232c2717eb56a33915d802ff3b75"
+content-hash = "988e6fc1908a22e27a042eb5d6c4f8294d6c70007bbc0c65db3f2948265460fe"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dd1fb6ef..ac578761 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ django-azure-auth = "2.0.2"
 django-waffle = "^4.1.0"
 psycopg = "^3.2.1"
 psycopg-binary = "^3.2.1"
+django-debug-toolbar = "^4.4.6"
 redis = {extras = ["hiredis"], version = "^5.0.8"}
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]