diff --git a/cli/node/cfg.buidler.toml b/cli/node/cfg.buidler.toml
index 113d305..d07e2b4 100644
--- a/cli/node/cfg.buidler.toml
+++ b/cli/node/cfg.buidler.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Type = "bitfinexV2"
 [Debug]
 APIAddress = "localhost:12345"
 MeddlerLogs = true
+GinDebugMode = true
 
 [StateDB]
 Path = "/tmp/iden3-test/hermez/statedb"
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index bc4ba21..7282190 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ type Node struct {
 		// MeddlerLogs enables meddler debug mode, where unused columns and struct
 		// fields will be logged
 		MeddlerLogs bool
+		// GinDebugMode sets Gin-Gonic (the web framework) to run in
+		// debug mode
+		GinDebugMode bool
 	}
 	Coordinator Coordinator `validate:"-"`
 }
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index cc9069e..606761f 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ func NewNode(mode Mode, cfg *config.Node) (*Node, error) {
 	}
 	var nodeAPI *NodeAPI
 	if cfg.API.Address != "" {
+		if cfg.Debug.GinDebugMode {
+			gin.SetMode(gin.DebugMode)
+		} else {
+			gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
+		}
 		if cfg.API.UpdateMetricsInterval.Duration == 0 {
 			return nil, tracerr.Wrap(fmt.Errorf("invalid cfg.API.UpdateMetricsInterval: %v",
 				cfg.API.UpdateMetricsInterval.Duration))