diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1971546..6115005 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ Table of contents
     - [UpdateAPI](#updateapi)
   - [Browsable API](#browsable-api)
   - [Bundle loading](#bundle-loading)
+  - [Debugging](#debugging)
   - [Field casing](#field-casing)
   - [File uploads](#file-uploads)
   - [Internal naming](#internal-naming)
+  - [Settings](#settings)
   - [Credits](#credits)
 
 
@@ -217,8 +219,8 @@ It is not recommended to use this abstract view directly.
 | Name | Type | Default | Description |
 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
 | filters           | dict | {}                  | Pass key/value pairs that you wish to further filter the queryset beyond the `lookup_url_kwarg` |
-| lookup_field      | str  | None                | Use these two settings in tandem in order to filter `get_queryset` based on a URL field. `lookup_url_kwarg` is required if this is set. |
-| lookup_url_kwarg  | str  | None                | Use these two settings in tandem in order to filter `get_queryset` based on a URL field. `lookup_field` is required if this is set. |
+| lookup_field      | str  | None                | Use these two attributes in tandem in order to filter `get_queryset` based on a URL field. `lookup_url_kwarg` is required if this is set. |
+| lookup_url_kwarg  | str  | None                | Use these two attributes in tandem in order to filter `get_queryset` based on a URL field. `lookup_field` is required if this is set. |
 | payload_key       | str  | verbose_name_plural | Use in order to rename the key for the results array |
 | ordering          | list | []                  | Pass a list of fields to default the queryset order by. |
 | filter_fields     | list | []                  | Pass a list of fields to support filtering via query params. |
@@ -292,20 +294,14 @@ Browsable API
 Similar to other popular REST frameworks; Worf exposes a browsable API which adds
 syntax highlighting, linkified URLs and supports Django Debug Toolbar.
 
-### Format
-
-To override the default browser behaviour pass `?format=json`.
+To override the default browser behaviour pass `?format=json`, or [disable the
+feature entirely from settings](#settings).
 
 ### Theme
 
 The theme is built with [Tailwind](https://tailwindcss.com/), making it easy to customize the look-and-feel.
 
-For quick and easy branding, there are a couple of Django settings that tweak the navbar:
-
-| Name          | Default  |
-| ------------- | -------- |
-| WORF_API_NAME | Worf API |
-| WORF_API_ROOT | /api/    |
+For quick and easy branding, there are a couple of [settings that tweak the navbar](#settings).
 
 To customize the markup create a template called `worf/api.html` that extends from `worf/base.html`:
 
@@ -347,6 +343,13 @@ be changed during processing. You may also append or remove attributes to the
 bundle before saving the object via `post`, `patch`, or other methods.
 
 
+Debugging
+---------
+
+Worf exposes the parsed bundle, lookup kwargs, sql and skips some exception handling
+[when in debug mode](#settings).
+
+
 Field casing
 ------------
 
@@ -387,6 +390,18 @@ this codebase for clarity:
 - `payload` is what the backend returns.
 
 
+Settings
+--------
+
+| Name               | Default        | Description                         |
+| ------------------ | -------------- | ----------------------------------- |
+| WORF_API_NAME      | Worf API       | See [Browsable API](#browsable-api) |
+| WORF_API_ROOT      | /api/          | See [Browsable API](#browsable-api) |
+| WORF_BROWSABLE_API | True           | See [Browsable API](#browsable-api) |
+| WORF_DEBUG         | settings.DEBUG | See [Debugging](#debugging)         |
+
+
+
 Credits
 -------
 
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 7029cc5..8cc2105 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [pytest]
 addopts =
     --cov
-    --cov-fail-under 81
+    --cov-fail-under 82
     --cov-report term:skip-covered
     --cov-report html
     --no-cov-on-fail
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index f29c5b8..ffae878 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -8,32 +8,20 @@ def pytest_configure():
     from django.conf import settings
 
     settings.configure(
-        SECRET_KEY="secret",
-        DEBUG=True,
-        INSTALLED_APPS=[
-            "django.contrib.admin",
-            "django.contrib.auth",
-            "django.contrib.contenttypes",
-            "django.contrib.sessions",
-            "django.contrib.messages",
-            "django.contrib.staticfiles",
-            "tests",
-            "worf",
-        ],
-        MIDDLEWARE=[
-            "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
-            "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
-            "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
-            "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
-        ],
-        ROOT_URLCONF="tests.urls",
         DATABASES={
             "default": {
                 "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
                 "NAME": "db.sqlite3",
             }
         },
+        INSTALLED_APPS=[
+            "django.contrib.auth",
+            "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+            "tests",
+            "worf",
+        ],
         PASSWORD_HASHERS=["django.contrib.auth.hashers.MD5PasswordHasher"],
+        ROOT_URLCONF="tests.urls",
         TEMPLATES = [
             {
                 "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
@@ -41,11 +29,11 @@ def pytest_configure():
             },
         ],
         TIME_ZONE="UTC",
-        USE_I18N=True,
-        USE_L10N=True,
+        USE_I18N=False,
+        USE_L10N=False,
         USE_TZ=True,
-        STATIC_URL="/static/",
-        WORF_API_NAME="Test API"
+        WORF_API_NAME="Test API",
+        WORF_DEBUG=True,
     )
 
     django.setup()
diff --git a/tests/test_conf.py b/tests/test_conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c36ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from worf.conf import settings
+
+
+def test_settings():
+    assert settings.WORF_API_NAME == "Test API"
+    assert settings.WORF_API_ROOT == "/api/"
+    assert settings.WORF_BROWSABLE_API is True
+    assert settings.WORF_DEBUG is True
diff --git a/worf/conf.py b/worf/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb0dab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/worf/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from importlib import import_module
+
+from django.utils.functional import SimpleLazyObject
+
+
+settings = SimpleLazyObject(lambda: import_module("worf.settings"))
diff --git a/worf/serializers.py b/worf/serializers.py
index d8c6a23..133d76b 100644
--- a/worf/serializers.py
+++ b/worf/serializers.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import marshmallow
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db.models.fields.files import FieldFile
 
 from worf import fields  # noqa: F401
 from worf.casing import snake_to_camel
+from worf.conf import settings
 
 
 class SerializerOptions(marshmallow.SchemaOpts):
diff --git a/worf/settings.py b/worf/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..883ff5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/worf/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+WORF_API_NAME = getattr(settings, "WORF_API_NAME", "Worf API")
+WORF_API_ROOT = getattr(settings, "WORF_API_ROOT", "/api/")
+
+WORF_BROWSABLE_API = getattr(settings, "WORF_BROWSABLE_API", True)
+
+WORF_DEBUG = getattr(settings, "WORF_DEBUG", settings.DEBUG)
diff --git a/worf/templates/worf/base.html b/worf/templates/worf/base.html
index 185b203..cf4b273 100644
--- a/worf/templates/worf/base.html
+++ b/worf/templates/worf/base.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <meta name="robots" content="none,noarchive"/>
       {% endblock %}
 
-      <title>{{ api_name }}: {{ request.get_full_path }}</title>
+      <title>{{ settings.WORF_API_NAME }}: {{ request.get_full_path }}</title>
 
       {% block style %}
         <link href="https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@2.2.16/dist/tailwind.min.css" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" rel="stylesheet">
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
         <nav class="p-4">
           <div class="max-w-5xl mx-auto">
             {% block branding %}
-              <a href="{{ api_root }}" class="font-medium text-lg text-white" rel="nofollow">
-                {{ api_name }}
+              <a href="{{ settings.WORF_API_ROOT }}" class="font-medium text-lg text-white" rel="nofollow">
+                {{ settings.WORF_API_NAME }}
               </a>
             {% endblock %}
           </div>
diff --git a/worf/validators.py b/worf/validators.py
index 57f9354..b7b3627 100644
--- a/worf/validators.py
+++ b/worf/validators.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from uuid import UUID
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import validate_email
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_datetime
 
+from worf.conf import settings
 from worf.exceptions import NotImplementedInWorfYet
 
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def validate_bundle(self, key):
 
         if self.request.method in write_methods and key not in serializer.write():
             message = f"{self.keymap[key]} is not editable"
-            if settings.DEBUG:
+            if settings.WORF_DEBUG:
                 message += f":: {serializer}"
             raise ValidationError(message)
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def validate_bundle(self, key):
 
         else:
             message = f"{field.get_internal_type()} has no validation method for {key}"
-            if settings.DEBUG:
+            if settings.WORF_DEBUG:
                 message += f":: Received {self.bundle[key]}"
             raise NotImplementedInWorfYet(message)
             # TODO
diff --git a/worf/views/base.py b/worf/views/base.py
index b353899..1ee29cc 100644
--- a/worf/views/base.py
+++ b/worf/views/base.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from io import BytesIO
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import (
     ImproperlyConfigured,
     ObjectDoesNotExist,
@@ -18,14 +17,12 @@
 from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 
+from worf.conf import settings
 from worf.casing import camel_to_snake, snake_to_camel
 from worf.exceptions import HTTP_EXCEPTIONS, HTTP404, HTTP422, PermissionsException
 from worf.serializers import LegacySerializer
 from worf.validators import ValidationMixin
 
-api_name = getattr(settings, "WORF_API_NAME", "Worf API")
-api_root = getattr(settings, "WORF_API_ROOT", "/api/")
-
 
 @method_decorator(never_cache, name="dispatch")
 class APIResponse(View):
@@ -45,23 +42,23 @@ def render_to_response(self, data=None, status_code=200):
             msg += "render_to_response, nor did its serializer method"
             raise ImproperlyConfigured(msg)
 
-        is_html_request = (
-            "text/html" in self.request.headers.get("Accept", "")
+        is_browsable = (
+            settings.WORF_BROWSABLE_API
+            and "text/html" in self.request.headers.get("Accept", "")
             and self.request.GET.get("format") != "json"
         )
 
-        json_kwargs = dict(json_dumps_params=dict(indent=2)) if is_html_request else {}
+        json_kwargs = dict(json_dumps_params=dict(indent=2)) if is_browsable else {}
 
         response = JsonResponse(data, **json_kwargs) if data != "" else HttpResponse()
         response.status_code = status_code
 
-        if is_html_request:
+        if is_browsable:
             template = "worf/api.html"
             context = dict(
-                api_name=api_name,
-                api_root=api_root,
                 content=response.content.decode("utf-8"),
                 response=response,
+                settings=settings,
             )
             response = TemplateResponse(self.request, template, context=context)
             response.status_code = status_code
@@ -118,9 +115,9 @@ def _check_permissions(self):
             if response == 200:
                 continue
 
-            if settings.DEBUG:
+            if settings.WORF_DEBUG:
                 raise PermissionsException(
-                    "Permissions function {}.{} returned {}. You'd normally see a 404 here but DEBUG=True.".format(
+                    "Permissions function {}.{} returned {}. You'd normally see a 404 here but WORF_DEBUG=True.".format(
                         method.__module__, method.__name__, response
                     )
                 )
diff --git a/worf/views/list.py b/worf/views/list.py
index 835dc9b..43663d7 100644
--- a/worf/views/list.py
+++ b/worf/views/list.py
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 from functools import reduce
 import warnings
 
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+from django.core.exceptions import EmptyResultSet, ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator, EmptyPage
 from django.db.models import Q
 
 from worf.casing import camel_to_snake
+from worf.conf import settings
 from worf.exceptions import HTTP420
 from worf.filters import apply_filterset, generate_filterset
 from worf.views.base import AbstractBaseAPI
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def get_processed_queryset(self):
             if order_by:
                 queryset = queryset.order_by(*order_by)
         except TypeError as e:
-            if settings.DEBUG:
+            if settings.WORF_DEBUG:
                 raise HTTP420(f"Error, {self.lookup_kwargs}, {e.__cause__}")
             raise e
 
@@ -181,8 +181,11 @@ def paginated_results(self):
         queryset = self.get_processed_queryset()
         request = self.request
 
-        if settings.DEBUG:
-            self.query = str(queryset.query)
+        if settings.WORF_DEBUG:
+            try:
+                self.query = str(queryset.query)
+            except EmptyResultSet:
+                self.query = None
 
         default_per_page = getattr(self, "results_per_page", self.per_page)
         per_page = max(int(request.GET.get("perPage") or default_per_page), 1)
@@ -235,7 +238,7 @@ def serialize(self):
                 }
             )
 
-        if not settings.DEBUG:
+        if not settings.WORF_DEBUG:
             return payload
 
         if not hasattr(self, "lookup_kwargs"):