diff --git a/backend/dev.sh b/backend/dev.sh
index 0573d6e542f..6cd9acf3922 100755
--- a/backend/dev.sh
+++ b/backend/dev.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 PORT="${PORT:-8080}"
 
-uvicorn open_webui.main:app --port $PORT --host 0.0.0.0 --forwarded-allow-ips '*' --reload
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+if [ "${DEBUGGER_LISTEN}" == "true" ]; then
+	echo "Install debugging libs ..."
+	pip install pydevd pydevd-pycharm~=243.23654.177
+fi
+
+uvicorn open_webui.main:app --port $PORT --host 0.0.0.0 --forwarded-allow-ips '*' --reload
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/main.py b/backend/open_webui/main.py
index 6c388c41a55..016e948107a 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/main.py
@@ -395,6 +395,13 @@
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["MAIN"])
 
+if os.environ.get("DEBUGGER_LISTEN", "False").lower() == "true":
+    log.info(f"### Trying to start debugger ...")
+    try:
+        import pydevd_pycharm
+        pydevd_pycharm.settrace('127.0.0.1', port=64999, stdoutToServer=True, stderrToServer=True)
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.warning(f"### Failed to start debugger", e)
 
 class SPAStaticFiles(StaticFiles):
     async def get_response(self, path: str, scope):
diff --git a/docs/IONOS/remote-debug.md b/docs/IONOS/remote-debug.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46d6ca4f2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/IONOS/remote-debug.md
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# Remote debugging
+
+## Coarse steps
+
+1. In IDE enable and start debug server with proper path mapping
+2. In Open WebUI load and run a debug module (i.e. `pydevd`)
+
+
+## Pycharm or other IntelliJ products
+
+### Find debug server port in IDE
+
+1. Open burger (main) menu
+2. Click **Settings**
+3. In settings go to **Build, Execution, Deployment > Debugger**
+4. Find the **built-in server** port
+
+### Setup debugger
+
+1. Open burger (main) menu
+2. Click **Run**
+3. Click **Debug configurations**
+4. In the dialog click the **plus** icon
+5. Choose **Python debug server** from the menu
+6. Enter host name `127.0.0.1`
+7. Enter port name `64999` (example)
+8. Enter your path mapping in the form `<HOSTPATH>=`
+
+### Load `pydevd` in code
+
+Attach to the backend container and run:
+
+```
+pip install pydevd pydevd-pycharm~=243.23654.177
+```
+
+**You have to do this after every dev container restart!**
+
+In `backend/open_webui/main.py` insert this:
+
+```
+import pydevd_pycharm
+pydevd_pycharm.settrace('127.0.0.1', port=64999, stdoutToServer=True, stderrToServer=True)
+```
+
+The port number has to be changed to something your IDE uses.
+
+### Troubleshooting debugging with Pycharm
+
+#### The application does not start
+
+##### Problem and symptoms
+
+The last log line is
+
+```
+0.00s - Note: Debugging will proceed. Set PYDEVD_DISABLE_FILE_VALIDATION=1 to disable this validation.
+```
+
+Yet, the application does not start, port 8080 is not open.
+
+##### Verification steps
+
+1. Ensure the debug server was starte in the IDE
+2. Ensure the IDE does not show `Waiting for process connection ...` in the status bar
+3. Ensure you don't stop at a breakpoint (can also include the first line after the debugger start)
+
+
+
+#### Does not stop at breakpoints
+
+See also: next problem below.
+
+##### Problem and symptoms
+
+1. Pycharm console shows the debugger is running and I can see the red and gree buttons
+2. Code is definitively executed, but the debuuger does not start
+
+##### Verification steps
+
+1. Ensure the debugger process is started in the application
+   * Double check you run the debugger
+   * Look for log messages like `0.00s - Note: Debugging will proceed.`
+2. In the Pycham status bar it should not show `Waiting for process connection ...`
+
+
+
+#### `Trying to add breakpoint to file that does not exist`
+
+##### Problem
+
+Debugger attached, redirects logs to the Pycharm console, but does not stop at breakpoints.
+
+##### Symptoms
+
+Logged to the Pycharm console:
+
+```
+ydev debugger: Trying to add breakpoint to file that does not exist: <host path> (will have no effect).
+```
+
+##### Verification steps
+
+1. Verify the logged path really exists using `ls` for example
+2. If you the host path goes through a symlink at one level this may confuse Pycharm
+   Try opening the file from the non-symlinked path.
+
+
+## See also
+
+https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/remote-debugging-with-product.html