diff --git a/unravel-emacs.org b/unravel-emacs.org
index 3bd3ba4..c65d415 100644
--- a/unravel-emacs.org
+++ b/unravel-emacs.org
@@ -986,7 +986,8 @@ technicalities.
     (setq kill-do-not-save-duplicates t)
     (setq scroll-error-top-bottom t)
     (setq echo-keystrokes-help t) ; Emacs 30
-    (setq epa-keys-select-method 'minibuffer)) ; Emacs 30
+    (setq epa-keys-select-method 'minibuffer) ; Emacs 30
+    (setq debug-on-error t))
 #+end_src
 
 ** The =unravel-essentials.el= section for fixing PATH on OSX (~exec-path-from-shell~)
diff --git a/unravel-modules/unravel-essentials.el b/unravel-modules/unravel-essentials.el
index 52ff813..9550aed 100644
--- a/unravel-modules/unravel-essentials.el
+++ b/unravel-modules/unravel-essentials.el
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
   (setq kill-do-not-save-duplicates t)
   (setq scroll-error-top-bottom t)
   (setq echo-keystrokes-help t) ; Emacs 30
-  (setq epa-keys-select-method 'minibuffer)) ; Emacs 30
+  (setq epa-keys-select-method 'minibuffer) ; Emacs 30
+  (setq debug-on-error t))
 
 (use-package exec-path-from-shell
   :ensure t