diff --git a/pkg/api/api.go b/pkg/api/api.go
index 9c75cbc5add6e5d8304dc0b0655d761fcef9b04a..d3c178dec53fdfb46ac3340c67c82282a65232f0 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/api/api.go
@@ -552,3 +552,9 @@ func DataExport(c *gin.Context) {
 		badRequest(c, err)
 	}
 }
+
+func GetDebugMode(c *gin.Context) {
+	successResponse(c, gin.H{
+		"debug_mode": command.Opts.Debug,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/routes.go b/pkg/api/routes.go
index c69789b0607b5ca619e59190331659ddaf47055f..2f0798b959c52045de76178b347c5e117d3a8615 100644
--- a/pkg/api/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/api/routes.go
@@ -55,4 +55,5 @@ func SetupRoutes(router *gin.Engine) {
 	api.GET("/history", GetHistory)
 	api.GET("/bookmarks", GetBookmarks)
 	api.GET("/export", DataExport)
+	api.GET("/debugmode", GetDebugMode)
 }
diff --git a/static/js/app.js b/static/js/app.js
index 31dddd5714c4790c328438ed3808f5f696c7283a..cfd6ea8d729499c8de6496374d21bd2847790aa7 100644
--- a/static/js/app.js
+++ b/static/js/app.js
@@ -1789,7 +1789,6 @@ function goAuthorize(data, cb) {
 }
 
 var isAuthentic = false;
-
 function handleMessage(e) {
   if (!isAuthentic) {
     goAuthorize(e.data, function () {
@@ -1801,6 +1800,11 @@ function handleMessage(e) {
 }
 
 $(document).ready(function () {
-  //start();
-  window.addEventListener("message", handleMessage);
+  apiCall("get", "/debugmode", {}, function (resp) {
+    if (resp.error || !resp.debug_mode) {
+      window.addEventListener("message", handleMessage);
+    } else {
+      start();
+    }
+  });
 });