diff --git a/flatisfy/cmds.py b/flatisfy/cmds.py
index 6564024..358bcf1 100644
--- a/flatisfy/cmds.py
+++ b/flatisfy/cmds.py
@@ -234,5 +234,4 @@ def serve(config):
         # standard logging
         server = web_app.QuietWSGIRefServer
 
-    app.run(host=config["host"], port=config["port"], server=server,
-            debug=config["debug"])
+    app.run(host=config["host"], port=config["port"], server=server)
diff --git a/flatisfy/config.py b/flatisfy/config.py
index 101ca27..79cc19d 100644
--- a/flatisfy/config.py
+++ b/flatisfy/config.py
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     "search_index": None,
     # Web app port
     "port": 8080,
-    # Debug mode for webserver
-    "debug": False,
     # Web app host to listen on
     "host": "127.0.0.1",
     # Web server to use to serve the webapp (see Bottle deployment doc)
@@ -133,7 +131,6 @@ def validate_config(config, check_with_data):
 
         assert config["database"] is None or isinstance(config["database"], str)  # noqa: E501
 
-        assert isinstance(config["debug"], bool)
         assert isinstance(config["port"], int)
         assert isinstance(config["host"], str)
         assert config["webserver"] is None or isinstance(config["webserver"], str)  # noqa: E501
diff --git a/flatisfy/web/app.py b/flatisfy/web/app.py
index c765b75..fbd0d02 100644
--- a/flatisfy/web/app.py
+++ b/flatisfy/web/app.py
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ class QuietWSGIRefServer(bottle.WSGIRefServer):
     # pylint: disable=locally-disabled,too-few-public-methods
     quiet = True
 
+    def run(self, app):
+        app.log.info(
+            'Server is now up and ready! Listening on %s:%s.' %
+            (self.host, self.port)
+        )
+        super(QuietWSGIRefServer, self).run(app)
+
 
 def _serve_static_file(filename):
     """
@@ -54,7 +61,7 @@ def get_app(config):
     app.install(DatabasePlugin(get_session))
     app.install(ConfigPlugin(config))
     app.config.setdefault("canister.log_level", logging.root.level)
-    app.config.setdefault("canister.log_path", None)
+    app.config.setdefault("canister.log_path", False)
     app.config.setdefault("canister.debug", False)
     app.install(canister.Canister())
     # Use DateAwareJSONEncoder to dump JSON strings