diff --git a/.env.development b/.env.development
index 15e09487f2..1605f8ffba 100644
--- a/.env.development
+++ b/.env.development
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #
 #     cp .env.development .env.local
 
+VERBOSE_QUERY_LOGS=true
+
 SECRET_TOKEN="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
 
 OFN_REDIS_URL="redis://localhost:6379/1"
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 9672715eb4..d042539da4 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ module Openfoodnetwork
     config.assets.precompile += ['shared/*']
     config.assets.precompile += ['*.jpg', '*.jpeg', '*.png', '*.gif' '*.svg']
 
+    # Highlight code that triggered database queries in logs.
+    config.active_record.verbose_query_logs = ENV.fetch("VERBOSE_QUERY_LOGS", false)
+
     # Apply framework defaults. New recommended defaults are successively added with each Rails version and
     # include the defaults from previous versions. For more info see:
     # https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#results-of-config-load-defaults