diff --git a/.air.toml b/.air.toml
index 9c0f451f..1b0929ed 100644
--- a/.air.toml
+++ b/.air.toml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ tmp_dir = "tmp"
 [build]
   args_bin = []
   bin = "./tmp/main"
-  cmd = "go build -o ./tmp/main ./cmd/app/main.go"
+  cmd = "go build -gcflags='all=-N -l' -o ./tmp/main ./cmd/app/main.go"
   delay = 1000
   exclude_dir = ["assets", "tmp", "vendor", "testdata", "test"]
   exclude_file = []
   exclude_regex = ["_test.go"]
   exclude_unchanged = false
   follow_symlink = false
-  full_bin = ""
+  full_bin = "dlv exec --accept-multiclient --log --headless --continue --listen :2346 --api-version 2 ./tmp/main"
   include_dir = []
   include_ext = ["go", "tpl", "tmpl", "html", "env"]
   kill_delay = "0s"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 774bda0f..6a8ecd12 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ tmp/
 .terraform/
 bin/
 
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
index 77154435..7005aaea 100644
--- a/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ RUN go mod download
 # install the air tool
 RUN go install github.com/cosmtrek/air@latest
 
+# install the dlv debugger
+RUN go install github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@latest
+
 # install goose for db migrations
 RUN go install github.com/pressly/goose/v3/cmd/goose@latest