diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e0c622..48d252d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ from microbootstrap import LitestarSettings
 
 class YourSettings(LitestarSettings):
     # General settings
-    service_debug: bool = False
     service_name: str = "my-awesome-service"
 
     # Sentry settings
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ Example:
 
 ```python
 class YourSettings(BaseServiceSettings):
-    service_debug: bool = True
     service_name: str = "micro-service"
 
     your_awesome_parameter: str = "really awesome"
@@ -171,7 +169,6 @@ from microbootstrap.settings import BaseServiceSettings
 
 
 class ServiceSettings(BaseServiceSettings):
-    service_debug: bool = True
     service_environment: str | None = None
     service_name: str = "micro-service"
     service_description: str = "Micro service description"
@@ -325,7 +322,7 @@ These settings are subsequently passed to [opentelemetry](https://opentelemetry.
 <b>microbootstrap</b> provides in-memory JSON logging through the use of [structlog](https://pypi.org/project/structlog/).
 For more information on in-memory logging, refer to [MemoryHandler](https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.handlers.html#memoryhandler).
 
-To utilize this feature, your application must be in non-debug mode, meaning `service_debug` should be set to `False`.
+To utilize this feature, your application must be in non-debug mode, meaning `service_debug` should be set to `False`, which is the default.
 
 ```python
 import logging
diff --git a/microbootstrap/instruments/swagger_instrument.py b/microbootstrap/instruments/swagger_instrument.py
index c0d4a45..d53c1e5 100644
--- a/microbootstrap/instruments/swagger_instrument.py
+++ b/microbootstrap/instruments/swagger_instrument.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class SwaggerConfig(BaseInstrumentConfig):
     service_static_path: str = "/static"
 
     swagger_path: str = "/docs"
-    swagger_offline_docs: bool = False
+    swagger_offline_docs: bool = True
     swagger_extra_params: dict[str, typing.Any] = pydantic.Field(default_factory=dict)
 
 
diff --git a/microbootstrap/settings.py b/microbootstrap/settings.py
index 0636e9a..a0a850b 100644
--- a/microbootstrap/settings.py
+++ b/microbootstrap/settings.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 class BaseServiceSettings(
     pydantic_settings.BaseSettings,
 ):
-    service_debug: bool = True
+    service_debug: bool = False
     service_environment: str | None = None
     service_name: str = pydantic.Field(
         "micro-service", validation_alias=pydantic.AliasChoices("SERVICE_NAME", f"{ENV_PREFIX}SERVICE_NAME")
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class BaseServiceSettings(
 
     server_host: str = "0.0.0.0"  # noqa: S104
     server_port: int = 8000
-    server_reload: bool = True
+    server_reload: bool = False
     server_workers_count: int = 1
 
     model_config = pydantic_settings.SettingsConfigDict(
diff --git a/tests/instruments/test_swagger.py b/tests/instruments/test_swagger.py
index 691c1ed..5123d3a 100644
--- a/tests/instruments/test_swagger.py
+++ b/tests/instruments/test_swagger.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def test_swagger_teardown(
 
 
 def test_litestar_swagger_bootstrap_online_docs(minimal_swagger_config: SwaggerConfig) -> None:
+    minimal_swagger_config.swagger_offline_docs = False
     swagger_instrument: typing.Final = LitestarSwaggerInstrument(minimal_swagger_config)
 
     swagger_instrument.bootstrap()
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ def test_litestar_swagger_bootstrap_online_docs(minimal_swagger_config: SwaggerC
 
 
 def test_litestar_swagger_bootstrap_offline_docs(minimal_swagger_config: SwaggerConfig) -> None:
-    minimal_swagger_config.swagger_offline_docs = True
     swagger_instrument: typing.Final = LitestarSwaggerInstrument(minimal_swagger_config)
 
     swagger_instrument.bootstrap()
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ async def test_litestar_swagger_bootstrap_working_online_docs(
     minimal_swagger_config: SwaggerConfig,
 ) -> None:
     minimal_swagger_config.swagger_path = "/my-docs-path"
+    minimal_swagger_config.swagger_offline_docs = False
     swagger_instrument: typing.Final = LitestarSwaggerInstrument(minimal_swagger_config)
 
     swagger_instrument.bootstrap()
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ async def test_litestar_swagger_bootstrap_working_offline_docs(
     minimal_swagger_config: SwaggerConfig,
 ) -> None:
     minimal_swagger_config.service_static_path = "/my-static-path"
-    minimal_swagger_config.swagger_offline_docs = True
     swagger_instrument: typing.Final = LitestarSwaggerInstrument(minimal_swagger_config)
 
     swagger_instrument.bootstrap()
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ async def test_fastapi_swagger_bootstrap_working_online_docs(
     minimal_swagger_config: SwaggerConfig,
 ) -> None:
     minimal_swagger_config.swagger_path = "/my-docs-path"
+    minimal_swagger_config.swagger_offline_docs = False
     swagger_instrument: typing.Final = FastApiSwaggerInstrument(minimal_swagger_config)
 
     swagger_instrument.bootstrap()
@@ -132,7 +133,6 @@ async def test_fastapi_swagger_bootstrap_working_offline_docs(
     minimal_swagger_config: SwaggerConfig,
 ) -> None:
     minimal_swagger_config.service_static_path = "/my-static-path"
-    minimal_swagger_config.swagger_offline_docs = True
     swagger_instrument: typing.Final = FastApiSwaggerInstrument(minimal_swagger_config)
     fastapi_application = fastapi.FastAPI(
         **swagger_instrument.bootstrap_before(),