diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb016457c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Debug Docker Container",
+            "type": "go",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "mode": "remote",
+            "port": 4000,
+            "host": "127.0.0.1"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/Dockerfile.local b/Dockerfile.local
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7723bda49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.local
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+FROM alpine:3.18.4@sha256:eece025e432126ce23f223450a0326fbebde39cdf496a85d8c016293fc851978 as certs
+
+RUN apk add --update --no-cache ca-certificates
+
+FROM golang:1.21-alpine as go
+
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -ldflags "-s -w -extldflags '-static'" github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv@latest
+
+FROM scratch
+
+COPY --from=certs /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+
+COPY --from=go /go/bin/dlv /bin/dlv
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+ENV GODEBUG=netdns=go
+
+ADD release/vela-server /bin/
+
+CMD [ "/bin/dlv", "--listen=:4000", "--headless=true", "--log=true", "--accept-multiclient", "--api-version=2", "exec", "/bin/vela-server" ]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 811c60296..d4ff13dd1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ build:
 	@echo "### Building release/vela-server binary"
 	GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 \
 		go build -a \
+		-gcflags "all=-N -l" \
 		-ldflags '${LD_FLAGS}' \
 		-o release/vela-server \
 		github.com/go-vela/server/cmd/vela-server
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 349d0d34b..a3be3f059 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
   server:
     build:
       context: .
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.local
     container_name: server
     image: server:local
     networks:
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ services:
     restart: always
     ports:
       - '8080:8080'
+      - '4000:4000'
     depends_on:
       - postgres
       - redis