diff --git a/development.md b/development.md
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--- a/development.md
+++ b/development.md
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ npm run format --workspace web/lib
 npm run format --workspace web/blueprint
 ```
 
+### Debug Lilac using pdb
+
+To attach PDB to the Lilac server:
+
+```sh
+./run_server_pdb.sh
+```
+
+This starts the Lilac webserver in a single-threaded mode, ready to accept requests and respond to
+PDB breakpoints. Pro-tip: Chrome's inspector can take logged network requests and Copy > Copy as
+CURL command, which can be used to replay an API call to the Lilac server.
+
 ### Testing
 
 Run all the checks before mailing:
diff --git a/run_server_pdb.sh b/run_server_pdb.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..047f26b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_server_pdb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export LILAC_PROJECT_DIR='./data'
+poetry run python -c "import lilac.server; import uvicorn; uvicorn.run(lilac.server.app, host='0.0.0.0', port=5173)"