diff --git a/inventory/app.py b/inventory/app.py
index 9b63deb..b39e7cb 100644
--- a/inventory/app.py
+++ b/inventory/app.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ from . import create_app
 app = create_app()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    app.run(debug=True)
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+    app.run()
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diff --git a/inventory/config.py b/inventory/config.py
index f0f7608..6d74fd6 100644
--- a/inventory/config.py
+++ b/inventory/config.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def quote(value: str) -> str:
 
 class Config:
     SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False
-    DEBUG = True
+    DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', 'false').strip().lower() in ['true', '1', 'yes']
     TESTING = False
 
     DB_BACKEND = os.getenv('DB_BACKEND', 'sqlite').lower()
diff --git a/inventory/routes/hooks.py b/inventory/routes/hooks.py
index 298a709..d4e4f5c 100644
--- a/inventory/routes/hooks.py
+++ b/inventory/routes/hooks.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from . import main
 
 @main.after_request
 def prettify_or_minify_html_response(response):
-    print(app.debug, response.content_type)
     if response.content_type.startswith("text/html"):
         try:
             html = response.get_data(as_text=True)
@@ -15,13 +14,13 @@ def prettify_or_minify_html_response(response):
             if app.debug:
                 pretty_html = soup.prettify()
                 response.set_data(pretty_html.encode("utf-8"))  # type: ignore
-            else:
-                # Minify by stripping extra whitespace between tags and inside text
-                minified_html = re.sub(r">\s+<", "><", str(soup))  # collapse whitespace between tags
-                minified_html = re.sub(r"\s{2,}", " ", minified_html)  # collapse multi-spaces to one
-                minified_html = re.sub(r"\n+", "", minified_html)  # remove newlines
+            #else:
+            #    # Minify by stripping extra whitespace between tags and inside text
+            #    minified_html = re.sub(r">\s+<", "><", str(soup))  # collapse whitespace between tags
+            #    minified_html = re.sub(r"\s{2,}", " ", minified_html)  # collapse multi-spaces to one
+            #    minified_html = re.sub(r"\n+", "", minified_html)  # remove newlines
 
-                response.set_data(minified_html.encode("utf-8"))  # type: ignore
+            #    response.set_data(minified_html.encode("utf-8"))  # type: ignore
 
             response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/html; charset=utf-8'
         except Exception as e: