diff --git a/Containers/whiteboard/healthcheck.sh b/Containers/whiteboard/healthcheck.sh
index 5909db82..91dc31eb 100644
--- a/Containers/whiteboard/healthcheck.sh
+++ b/Containers/whiteboard/healthcheck.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [ "$AIO_LOG_LEVEL" = 'debug' ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
 nc -z "$REDIS_HOST" "$REDIS_PORT" || exit 0
 nc -z 127.0.0.1 3002 || exit 1
diff --git a/Containers/whiteboard/start.sh b/Containers/whiteboard/start.sh
index e0babd7f..5675a94a 100644
--- a/Containers/whiteboard/start.sh
+++ b/Containers/whiteboard/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [ "$AIO_LOG_LEVEL" = 'debug' ]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
+export LOG_LEVEL="$AIO_LOG_LEVEL"
+
 # Only start container if nextcloud is accessible
 while ! nc -z "$REDIS_HOST" "$REDIS_PORT"; do
     echo "Waiting for redis to start..."