diff --git a/src/Scaffolding.AspNetCore/Extensions/HostBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Scaffolding.AspNetCore/Extensions/HostBuilderExtensions.cs
index 6c66fd0..c6ef577 100644
--- a/src/Scaffolding.AspNetCore/Extensions/HostBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Scaffolding.AspNetCore/Extensions/HostBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 public static class HostBuilderExtensions
 {
-    public static IHostBuilder AddSerilogLogging(this IHostBuilder builder, IScaffoldingConfiguration configuration, string requestKeyHeader = "RequestKey")
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Adds serilog logging for the api.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="builder"></param>
+    /// <param name="configuration"></param>
+    /// <param name="requestKeyHeader">Header that will be used to set the request key for tracing across requests.</param>
+    /// <param name="debugAsConsole">Flag that will log json even in development for debugging properties purposes.</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    public static IHostBuilder AddSerilogLogging(
+        this IHostBuilder builder,
+        IScaffoldingConfiguration configuration,
+        string requestKeyHeader = "RequestKey",
+        bool debugAsConsole = false)
     {
         return builder.UseSerilog((context, loggerCfg) =>
         {
@@ -34,7 +46,7 @@ public static IHostBuilder AddSerilogLogging(this IHostBuilder builder, IScaffol
                 .Enrich.WithProperty(nameof(applicationSettings.Domain), applicationSettings.Domain)
                 .Enrich.With(new RemovePropertiesEnricher());
 
-            if (!context.HostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
+            if (context.HostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment() || debugAsConsole)
             {
                 loggerCfg
                     .WriteTo.Console()
diff --git a/src/Scaffolding.sln b/src/Scaffolding.sln
index 80a163f..d83f19b 100644
--- a/src/Scaffolding.sln
+++ b/src/Scaffolding.sln
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Scaffolding.Sample", "Scaff
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Scaffolding.Logging.Serilog", "Scaffolding.Logging.Serilog\Scaffolding.Logging.Serilog.csproj", "{C1E7E180-1222-4F99-98A7-69B0AE2C8CB8}"
 EndProject
-Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Scaffolding.Shared", "Scaffolding.Shared\Scaffolding.Shared.csproj", "{B52C98FD-6C4E-4B4A-BB19-98D29DE1F9FD}"
-EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Scaffolding.Configuration", "Scaffolding.Configuration\Scaffolding.Configuration.csproj", "{8AE234D6-D794-4AE5-9C86-2E50FB8132D5}"
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Scaffolding.HealthCheck", "Scaffolding.HealthCheck\Scaffolding.HealthCheck.csproj", "{95758A46-404E-4960-AF40-D3E2127C73CC}"
@@ -41,10 +39,6 @@ Global
 		{C1E7E180-1222-4F99-98A7-69B0AE2C8CB8}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{C1E7E180-1222-4F99-98A7-69B0AE2C8CB8}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{C1E7E180-1222-4F99-98A7-69B0AE2C8CB8}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
-		{B52C98FD-6C4E-4B4A-BB19-98D29DE1F9FD}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
-		{B52C98FD-6C4E-4B4A-BB19-98D29DE1F9FD}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
-		{B52C98FD-6C4E-4B4A-BB19-98D29DE1F9FD}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
-		{B52C98FD-6C4E-4B4A-BB19-98D29DE1F9FD}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{8AE234D6-D794-4AE5-9C86-2E50FB8132D5}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
 		{8AE234D6-D794-4AE5-9C86-2E50FB8132D5}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{8AE234D6-D794-4AE5-9C86-2E50FB8132D5}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU