diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/partial_navigation.js b/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/partial_navigation.js
index 6cabfb7baa..5f9b0e29fa 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/partial_navigation.js
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/partial_navigation.js
@@ -143,12 +143,15 @@ PartialNavigation.prototype.processAjaxRequestError = function (jqXHR) {
      * user.
      */
 
-    if (jqXHR.status == 0) {
-        $('#modal-server-error .modal-body').html($('#template-error').html());
-        $('#modal-server-error').modal('show')
+    if (djangoDEBUG) {
+        $('#ajax-content').html('<pre class="text-primary" style="background-color:#ffe7ae"><code>' + jqXHR.responseText + '</code></pre>');
     } else {
-        $('#ajax-content').html(jqXHR.responseText);
-    }
+      if (jqXHR.status == 0) {
+          $('#modal-server-error .modal-body').html($('#template-error').html());
+          $('#modal-server-error').modal('show')
+      } else {
+          $('#ajax-content').html(jqXHR.responseText);
+      }
 }
 
 PartialNavigation.prototype.setLocation = function (newLocation, pushState) {
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
index d4c0c9befe..f9fc425a86 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@
             {# Transfer variable from Django to javascript #}
             var initialURL = '{% url home_view %}';
             Dropzone.autoDiscover = false;
-        </script>
+	    var djangoDEBUG = {% if debug %}true{% else %}false{% endif %};
+	</script>
 
         <script src="{% static 'appearance/js/base.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
         {% endcompress %}