diff --git a/Pages/Urls.cshtml.cs b/Pages/Urls.cshtml.cs
index 3094a9b..8a1f4a1 100644
--- a/Pages/Urls.cshtml.cs
+++ b/Pages/Urls.cshtml.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ public class UrlsModel : PageModel {
     public UrlsModel(IConfiguration configuration, IDistributedCache db) {
         // TODO display error on page instead
         BaseUrl = configuration.GetValue<string>("BaseUrl") ?? throw new ApplicationException("BaseUrl not set");
+#if DEBUG
+	    BaseUrl = "https://localhost/";
+#else 
         BaseUrl = new Uri(BaseUrl, UriKind.Absolute).ToString();
+#endif
         Db = db;
     }
 
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 42b0dba..9ae145b 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -11,10 +11,17 @@
 var user = builder.Configuration.GetSection("Account").Get<User>();
 string? baseUrl = builder.Configuration.GetValue<string>("BaseUrl");
 
+#if DEBUG
+baseUrl = "http://localhost/";
+user = new User("test", "test");
+Console.Error.WriteLine("YOU ARE RUNNING A DEBUG BUILD WITH TEST CREDENTIALS, " +
+                        "DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES RUN THIS IN PRODUCTION, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.");
+#endif
+
 // Check if everything is configured (right)
 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(baseUrl) || Uri.IsWellFormedUriString(baseUrl, UriKind.Absolute) is false)
-    throw new ApplicationException(
-        "Base-URL is not set to a correct URL, please provide JSI_BaseUrl with a valid url.");
+	throw new ApplicationException(
+		"Base-URL is not set to a correct URL, please provide JSI_BaseUrl with a valid url.");
 if (user is null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(user.Username) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(user.Password)) 
     throw new ApplicationException(
         "Credentials not set, please provide JSI_Account__Username and JSI_Account__Password.");