diff --git a/phase4-peppol-server-webapp/src/main/resources/application.properties b/phase4-peppol-server-webapp/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 2097e8b88..31c6fb7d1 100644
--- a/phase4-peppol-server-webapp/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/phase4-peppol-server-webapp/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-global.debug=false
+# Must be "true" for debugging to accept local http connections 
+global.debug=true
 global.production=false
 global.nostartupinfo=true
 #global.datapath=/var/www/as4/data