diff --git a/opentech/settings/base.py b/opentech/settings/base.py
index 98ff20a50b15ab823831c9de4eadb23a40f3c043..7f96ff6c85a8096867434d24c9b350f848d8333a 100644
--- a/opentech/settings/base.py
+++ b/opentech/settings/base.py
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ ESI_ENABLED = False
 # Custom settings
 
 ENABLE_STYLEGUIDE = False
+DEBUGTOOLBAR = False
 
 # Social Auth
 SOCIAL_AUTH_URL_NAMESPACE = 'social'
diff --git a/opentech/settings/dev.py b/opentech/settings/dev.py
index b6277f0661144779c4d316f69c257a2e8844d341..176f00d6dc4033024cd9f363b2bb28663575f326 100644
--- a/opentech/settings/dev.py
+++ b/opentech/settings/dev.py
@@ -22,7 +22,90 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = INSTALLED_APPS + [
 
 SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = False
 
+# Change these in local.py.
+LOCAL_FILE_LOGGING = False
+LOCAL_FILE_EMAIL = False
+
 try:
     from .local import *  # noqa
 except ImportError:
     pass
+
+# We add these here so they can react on settings made in local.py.
+
+# E-mail to local files.
+if LOCAL_FILE_EMAIL:
+    EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.filebased.EmailBackend'
+    EMAIL_FILE_PATH = BASE_DIR + '/var/mail'
+
+# Local logging to file.
+if LOCAL_FILE_LOGGING:
+    LOGGING = {
+        'version': 1,
+        'disable_existing_loggers': True,
+        'formatters': {
+            'standard': {
+                'format': "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s [%(name)s:%(lineno)s] %(message)s",
+                'datefmt': "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+            },
+        },
+        'handlers': {
+            'null': {
+                'level': 'DEBUG',
+                'class': 'logging.NullHandler',
+            },
+            'logfile': {
+                'level': 'DEBUG',
+                'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
+                'filename': BASE_DIR + '/var/log/debug.log',
+                'maxBytes': 1000000,
+                'backupCount': 2,
+                'formatter': 'standard',
+            },
+        },
+        'loggers': {
+            'django': {
+                'handlers': ['logfile'],
+                'level': 'INFO',
+                'propagate': True,
+            },
+            'django.db.backends': {
+                'handlers': ['logfile'],
+                'level': 'INFO',
+                'propagate': False,
+            },
+            'django.request': {
+                'handlers': ['logfile'],
+                'level': 'DEBUG',
+                'propagate': False,
+            },
+            'django.template': {
+                'handlers': ['logfile'],
+                'level': 'INFO',
+                'propagate': False,
+            },
+            'django.security': {
+                'handlers': ['logfile'],
+                'level': 'DEBUG',
+                'propagate': False,
+            },
+            'wagtail': {
+                'handlers': ['logfile'],
+                'level': 'DEBUG',
+            },
+            'opentech': {
+                'handlers': ['logfile'],
+                'level': 'DEBUG',
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+# Set up the Django debug toolbar. See also root urls.py.
+if DEBUGTOOLBAR:
+    INSTALLED_APPS += [
+        'debug_toolbar',
+    ]
+
+    MIDDLEWARE = [
+        'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
+    ] + MIDDLEWARE
diff --git a/opentech/settings/local.py.example b/opentech/settings/local.py.example
index f6a9344edbddfef974cc77d745fd7a49a2f53158..f9ae5091dbea8695bf7ddd5de87ad8c2ae7986e6 100644
--- a/opentech/settings/local.py.example
+++ b/opentech/settings/local.py.example
@@ -4,10 +4,21 @@ CACHES = {
     }
 }
 
+# Use the Django debug toolbar. First install via pip.
+# pip install django-debug-toolbar
+# DEBUGTOOLBAR = True
+
+# Write log to local file.
+# LOCAL_FILE_LOGGING = True
+
+# Write e-mails to local files.
+# LOCAL_FILE_EMAIL = True
+
 # On staging, uncomment the following to enable the styleguide
 # ENABLE_STYLEGUIDE = True
 
-# DO NOT use on production
-RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY = '6LelrggUAAAAANL1b4NcQpJxjgoWQEugpoGqeq2q'
-RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY = '6LelrggUAAAAAD2gDgs43P9NSa9ScvkU6ZmBAW_F'
-NOCAPTCHA = True
+# ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['apply.otf.test', 'otf.test', '127.0.0.1']
+
+# BASE_URL = 'http://otf.test'
+
+# SECRET_KEY = 'CHANGEME!!!'
diff --git a/opentech/urls.py b/opentech/urls.py
index 6ccf53e45e08630bc26257b714c8b501746210f4..8cb2fe3067cbc3bd1c7e042adb4d2243ae8c6b07 100644
--- a/opentech/urls.py
+++ b/opentech/urls.py
@@ -61,3 +61,9 @@ if cache_length:
         urlpatterns,
         cache_control(max_age=cache_length)
     )
+
+if settings.DEBUG and settings.DEBUGTOOLBAR:
+    import debug_toolbar
+    urlpatterns = [
+        path('__debug__/', include(debug_toolbar.urls)),
+    ] + urlpatterns