diff --git a/ara/settings/dev/__init__.py b/ara/settings/dev/__init__.py
index c5ce02f2..232ed794 100644
--- a/ara/settings/dev/__init__.py
+++ b/ara/settings/dev/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import socket
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
 from ara.settings import INSTALLED_APPS, LOGGING, MIDDLEWARE
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
     "http://localhost",
 ]
 
-CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = True
+CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = True
 
 SSO_IS_BETA = False
 
@@ -29,6 +30,18 @@
     "debug_toolbar_force.middleware.ForceDebugToolbarMiddleware",
 ]
 
+# https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/
+
+_, _, ips = socket.gethostbyname_ex(socket.gethostname())
+INTERNAL_IPS = [ip[: ip.rfind(".")] + ".1" for ip in ips] + [
+    "127.0.0.1",
+    "10.0.2.2",
+]
+
+DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
+    "SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK": lambda _: True,
+}
+
 REST_FRAMEWORK["DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES"] = (
     "rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication",
     "ara.authentication.CsrfExemptSessionAuthentication",
diff --git a/ara/settings/django.py b/ara/settings/django.py
index d6772dc3..49409645 100644
--- a/ara/settings/django.py
+++ b/ara/settings/django.py
@@ -118,15 +118,8 @@
 
 STATIC_URL = "/static/"
 
-
-# https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/
-
 INTERNAL_IPS = ("127.0.0.1",)
 
-if env("DJANGO_ENV") == "development":
-    INTERNAL_IPS = type(str("c"), (), {"__contains__": lambda *a: True})()
-
-
 SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.db"
 SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
diff --git a/ara/settings/test.py b/ara/settings/test.py
index ff688063..31310c31 100644
--- a/ara/settings/test.py
+++ b/ara/settings/test.py
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@
 
 CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER = True
 ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_NAME = "articles_test"
+
+DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
+    "SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK": lambda _: False,
+}
diff --git a/ara/urls.py b/ara/urls.py
index ea27cf64..50e0990a 100644
--- a/ara/urls.py
+++ b/ara/urls.py
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@
     ),
 ]
 
-# installed apps (test environment)
 if settings.DEBUG:
-    import debug_toolbar
-
     urlpatterns += [
-        path("__debug__/", include(debug_toolbar.urls)),
+        path("api/__debug__/", include("debug_toolbar.urls")),
     ]