diff --git a/.config/dictionary.txt b/.config/dictionary.txt
index 8a2014ec..a778e16e 100644
--- a/.config/dictionary.txt
+++ b/.config/dictionary.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+accesslog
 ADT
 Ansibuddy
 antsibull
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f08a4b13..a93e5b41 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ repos:
           - django-stubs[compatible-mypy]
           - jinja2
           - pytest
+          - ansible-creator
           - tox
           - types-pyyaml
           - types-requests
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0d29eb87..45c92f83 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ strict = true
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
-module = ["gunicorn.*", "openapi_core.*", "ansible_creator.*"]
+module = ["gunicorn.*", "openapi_core.*"]
 
 [tool.pydoclint]
 allow-init-docstring = true
diff --git a/src/ansible_dev_tools/resources/server/creator.py b/src/ansible_dev_tools/resources/server/creator.py
index 5dadbbe4..11c10701 100644
--- a/src/ansible_dev_tools/resources/server/creator.py
+++ b/src/ansible_dev_tools/resources/server/creator.py
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ def collection(
         )
 
 
-# TO-DO: remove type ignore after creator is released with py.typed
-class CreatorOutput(Output):  # type: ignore[misc]
+class CreatorOutput(Output):
     """The creator output."""
 
     def __init__(self: CreatorOutput, log_file: str) -> None:
diff --git a/src/ansible_dev_tools/subcommands/server.py b/src/ansible_dev_tools/subcommands/server.py
index e6a33cc1..42414224 100644
--- a/src/ansible_dev_tools/subcommands/server.py
+++ b/src/ansible_dev_tools/subcommands/server.py
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ def __init__(self: Server, port: str, debug: bool) -> None:  # noqa: FBT001
         self.debug: bool = debug
 
         settings.configure(
-            DEBUG=self.debug,
             SECRET_KEY=os.environ.get("SECRET_KEY", os.urandom(32)),
             ALLOWED_HOSTS=[
                 "*",
@@ -91,4 +90,8 @@ def run(self: Server) -> None:
         options = {
             "bind": f"0.0.0.0:{self.port}",
         }
+        if self.debug:
+            # set log level to debug and write access logs to stdout
+            options.update({"loglevel": "debug", "accesslog": "-"})
+
         AdtServerApp(self.application, options).run()
diff --git a/tests/integration/conftest.py b/tests/integration/conftest.py
index 11b2ef88..039e582f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 def dev_tools_server() -> Generator[str, None, None]:
     """Run the server."""
     bin_path = Path(sys.executable).parent / "adt"
-    with subprocess.Popen([bin_path, "server", "-p", "8000"]) as proc:  # noqa: S603
+    with subprocess.Popen(
+        [bin_path, "server", "-p", "8000", "--debug"],  # noqa: S603
+    ) as proc:
         time.sleep(1)  # allow the server to start
         yield "http://localhost:8000"
         proc.terminate()