diff --git a/src/Pipfile b/src/Pipfile
index 819481fa7..47f515904 100644
--- a/src/Pipfile
+++ b/src/Pipfile
@@ -49,4 +49,6 @@ django-webtest = "*"
 types-cachetools = "*"
 boto3-mocking = "*"
 boto3-stubs = "*"
-django-model2puml = "*"
\ No newline at end of file
+django-model2puml = "*"
+debugpy = "*"
+tomli = "*"
diff --git a/src/Pipfile.lock b/src/Pipfile.lock
index 914a217d0..fd3d8bc6f 100644
--- a/src/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/src/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "c854531923af84e93b0b26e64a0bf3b9d9c12870c4795b1afb667569ea740e2b"
+            "sha256": "65ce6ae45dc6d29dcd98f8949d9756eee06d30705544fbb332238b1ca2365db5"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {},
@@ -1404,6 +1404,39 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
             "version": "==8.1.8"
         },
+        "debugpy": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:0f920c7f9af409d90f5fd26e313e119d908b0dd2952c2393cd3247a462331f15",
+                "sha256:1b2ac8c13b2645e0b1eaf30e816404990fbdb168e193322be8f545e8c01644a9",
+                "sha256:281d44d248a0e1791ad0eafdbbd2912ff0de9eec48022a5bfbc332957487ed3f",
+                "sha256:329a15d0660ee09fec6786acdb6e0443d595f64f5d096fc3e3ccf09a4259033f",
+                "sha256:3784ec6e8600c66cbdd4ca2726c72d8ca781e94bce2f396cc606d458146f8f4e",
+                "sha256:3d937d93ae4fa51cdc94d3e865f535f185d5f9748efb41d0d49e33bf3365bd79",
+                "sha256:413512d35ff52c2fb0fd2d65e69f373ffd24f0ecb1fac514c04a668599c5ce7f",
+                "sha256:4c9156f7524a0d70b7a7e22b2e311d8ba76a15496fb00730e46dcdeedb9e1eea",
+                "sha256:5349b7c3735b766a281873fbe32ca9cca343d4cc11ba4a743f84cb854339ff35",
+                "sha256:5aa56ef8538893e4502a7d79047fe39b1dae08d9ae257074c6464a7b290b806f",
+                "sha256:5cd9a579d553b6cb9759a7908a41988ee6280b961f24f63336835d9418216a20",
+                "sha256:684eaf43c95a3ec39a96f1f5195a7ff3d4144e4a18d69bb66beeb1a6de605d6e",
+                "sha256:7118d462fe9724c887d355eef395fae68bc764fd862cdca94e70dcb9ade8a23d",
+                "sha256:7816acea4a46d7e4e50ad8d09d963a680ecc814ae31cdef3622eb05ccacf7b01",
+                "sha256:7cd287184318416850aa8b60ac90105837bb1e59531898c07569d197d2ed5322",
+                "sha256:8899c17920d089cfa23e6005ad9f22582fd86f144b23acb9feeda59e84405b84",
+                "sha256:93fee753097e85623cab1c0e6a68c76308cd9f13ffdf44127e6fab4fbf024339",
+                "sha256:b1528cfee6c1b1c698eb10b6b096c598738a8238822d218173d21c3086de8123",
+                "sha256:b44985f97cc3dd9d52c42eb59ee9d7ee0c4e7ecd62bca704891f997de4cef23d",
+                "sha256:c442f20577b38cc7a9aafecffe1094f78f07fb8423c3dddb384e6b8f49fd2987",
+                "sha256:c99295c76161ad8d507b413cd33422d7c542889fbb73035889420ac1fad354f2",
+                "sha256:cf431c343a99384ac7eab2f763980724834f933a271e90496944195318c619e2",
+                "sha256:d235e4fa78af2de4e5609073972700523e372cf5601742449970110d565ca28c",
+                "sha256:d5582bcbe42917bc6bbe5c12db1bffdf21f6bfc28d4554b738bf08d50dc0c8c3",
+                "sha256:f117dedda6d969c5c9483e23f573b38f4e39412845c7bc487b6f2648df30fe84",
+                "sha256:f6bb5c0dcf80ad5dbc7b7d6eac484e2af34bdacdf81df09b6a3e62792b722826"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
+            "version": "==1.8.14"
+        },
         "django": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:213381b6e4405f5c8703fffc29cd719efdf189dec60c67c04f76272b3dc845b9",
@@ -1764,6 +1797,7 @@
                 "sha256:ece47d672db52ac607a3d9599a9d48dcb2f2f735c6c2d1f34130085bb12b112a",
                 "sha256:f4039b9cbc3048b2416cc57ab3bda989a6fcf9b36cf8937f01a6e731b64f80d7"
             ],
+            "index": "pypi",
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
             "version": "==2.2.1"
         },
diff --git a/src/docker-compose.yml b/src/docker-compose.yml
index d9bf2fac7..e0ca7219f 100644
--- a/src/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/src/docker-compose.yml
@@ -67,12 +67,19 @@ services:
     tty: true
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
+      - "5678:5678"  # debugger port
     # command: "python"
     command: >
       bash -c " python manage.py migrate &&
       python manage.py createcachetable &&
       python manage.py load &&
-      python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080"
+      if [ \"$DEBUG_MODE\" = \"true\" ]; then
+        echo 'Starting with debugpy...';
+        python -m debugpy --listen 0.0.0.0:5678 --wait-for-client manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080;
+      else
+        echo 'Starting normally...';
+        python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080;
+      fi"
 
   db:
     platform: linux/amd64
diff --git a/src/requirements.txt b/src/requirements.txt
index adcd8292b..8518f6655 100644
--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ python-dotenv==1.0.1; python_version >= '3.8'
 pyzipper==0.3.6; python_version >= '3.4'
 requests==2.32.3; python_version >= '3.8'
 s3transfer==0.11.4; python_version >= '3.8'
-setuptools==78.1.1; python_version >= '3.9'
+setuptools==77.0.3; python_version >= '3.9'
 six==1.17.0; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2'
 sqlparse==0.5.3; python_version >= '3.8'
 tablib==3.8.0; python_version >= '3.9'