diff --git a/src/tixlbase/tests/__init__.py b/src/tixlbase/tests/__init__.py
index 3feefaac5e..ffc6d614f7 100644
--- a/src/tixlbase/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tixlbase/tests/__init__.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class BrowserTest(LiveServerTestCase):
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        settings.DEBUG = True
+        settings.DEBUG = ('--debug' in sys.argv)
 
     def setUp(self):
         if RUN_LOCAL: