diff --git a/snap-overlay/templates/05_snap_tweaks.j2 b/snap-overlay/templates/05_snap_tweaks.j2
index e4e8805..416bf36 100644
--- a/snap-overlay/templates/05_snap_tweaks.j2
+++ b/snap-overlay/templates/05_snap_tweaks.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # Tweaks to make this run nicely in a snap.
 
-# TODO: turn this off once everything is working nicely.
-DEBUG = False
+# TODO(wolsen): This should be turned off, but doing so will cause django
+# to no longer serve static files by default. When turning this from True
+# to False, django will need to be told to serve the static files or the
+# nginx will need to be configured to serve these static files in order
+# for things like css, js, and images to be retrievable.
+DEBUG = True
 
 # Set our webroot.
 WEBROOT = '/'