diff --git a/swh/web/config.py b/swh/web/config.py
index 59decdfecb60a622703f393a90daf1d4f43ae917..c0013302006b3552cbb175b46c743a1d06e229e1 100644
--- a/swh/web/config.py
+++ b/swh/web/config.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     }),
     'vault': ('string', 'http://127.0.0.1:5005/'),
     'log_dir': ('string', '/tmp/swh/log'),
-    'debug': ('bool', True),
+    'debug': ('bool', False),
     'host': ('string', '127.0.0.1'),
     'port': ('int', 5004),
     'secret_key': ('string', 'development key'),