diff --git a/atst/app.py b/atst/app.py
index afaeb6fd..2f27b661 100644
--- a/atst/app.py
+++ b/atst/app.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ def map_config(config):
         **config["default"],
         "ENV": config["default"]["ENVIRONMENT"],
         "DEBUG": config["default"].getboolean("DEBUG"),
+        "SQLALCHEMY_ECHO": config["default"].getboolean("DEBUG"),
         "CLASSIFIED": config["default"].getboolean("CLASSIFIED"),
         "PORT": int(config["default"]["PORT"]),
         "SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI": config["default"]["DATABASE_URI"],