diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index ce046cd..cb97c80 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 DOMAIN=localhost
-# note that DEBUG=true make snapshot parsing more verbose
+# note that with DEBUG=true, logs are more verbose (include tracebacks)
+DEBUG=true
 DEMO=true
 
 STATIC_ROOT=/tmp/static/
diff --git a/dhub/settings.py b/dhub/settings.py
index d93f719..0dc3d84 100644
--- a/dhub/settings.py
+++ b/dhub/settings.py
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ DEBUG = config('DEBUG', default=False, cast=bool)
 
 DOMAIN = config("DOMAIN")
 assert DOMAIN not in [None, ''], "DOMAIN var is MANDATORY"
-# this var is very important, we print it
-print("DOMAIN: " + DOMAIN)
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = config('ALLOWED_HOSTS', default=DOMAIN, cast=Csv())
 assert DOMAIN in ALLOWED_HOSTS, f"DOMAIN {DOMAIN} is not in ALLOWED_HOSTS {ALLOWED_HOSTS}"
diff --git a/docker/devicehub-django.entrypoint.sh b/docker/devicehub-django.entrypoint.sh
index bdf1008..fb057f9 100644
--- a/docker/devicehub-django.entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/devicehub-django.entrypoint.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ deploy() {
 
         if [ "${DEBUG:-}" = 'true' ]; then
                 ./manage.py print_settings
+        else
+                echo "DOMAIN: ${DOMAIN}"
         fi
 
         # detect if existing deployment (TODO only works with sqlite)