diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_search.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_search.py
index d651a6ee2..c15c55e41 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_search.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_search.py
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ class RecipeSearch():
         )
 
     def _recently_viewed(self, num_recent=None):
+        # self._queryset = self._queryset.annotate(recent=Value(0))
+        # return
         if not num_recent:
             if self._sort_includes('lastviewed'):
                 self._queryset = self._queryset.annotate(lastviewed=Coalesce(
diff --git a/cookbook/migrations/0184_alter_userpreference_image.py b/cookbook/migrations/0184_alter_userpreference_image.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efbfd98bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/migrations/0184_alter_userpreference_image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.0.7 on 2022-09-12 10:29
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('cookbook', '0183_alter_space_image'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='userpreference',
+            name='image',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, related_name='user_image', to='cookbook.userfile'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/cookbook/models.py b/cookbook/models.py
index fbe0c71c4..2d0f0c545 100644
--- a/cookbook/models.py
+++ b/cookbook/models.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class UserPreference(models.Model, PermissionModelMixin):
     )
 
     user = AutoOneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, primary_key=True)
-    image = models.ForeignKey("UserFile", on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True, related_name='user_image')
+    image = models.ForeignKey("UserFile", on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True,blank=True, related_name='user_image')
     theme = models.CharField(choices=THEMES, max_length=128, default=TANDOOR)
     nav_color = models.CharField(choices=COLORS, max_length=128, default=PRIMARY)
     default_unit = models.CharField(max_length=32, default='g')
diff --git a/recipes/settings.py b/recipes/settings.py
index 56bb35022..265e774e7 100644
--- a/recipes/settings.py
+++ b/recipes/settings.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'allauth.socialaccount',
     'cookbook.apps.CookbookConfig',
     'treebeard',
+    'debug_toolbar'
 ]
 
 SOCIAL_PROVIDERS = os.getenv('SOCIAL_PROVIDERS').split(',') if os.getenv('SOCIAL_PROVIDERS') else []
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
     'cookbook.helper.scope_middleware.ScopeMiddleware',
+    'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
 ]
 
 SORT_TREE_BY_NAME = bool(int(os.getenv('SORT_TREE_BY_NAME', False)))
@@ -319,17 +321,17 @@ else:
     }
 
 # Local testing DB
-# DATABASES = {
-#     'default': {
-#         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
-#         'HOST': 'localhost',
-#         'PORT': 5432,
-#         'USER': 'postgres',
-#         'PASSWORD': 'postgres', # set to local pw
-#         'NAME': 'postgres',
-#         'CONN_MAX_AGE': 600,
-#     }
-# }
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
+        'HOST': 'localhost',
+        'PORT': 5432,
+        'USER': 'postgres',
+        'PASSWORD': 'postgres', # set to local pw
+        'NAME': 'tandoor_app',
+        'CONN_MAX_AGE': 600,
+    }
+}
 
 # SQLite testing DB
 # DATABASES = {
diff --git a/recipes/urls.py b/recipes/urls.py
index 16c0187b5..ffe02e900 100644
--- a/recipes/urls.py
+++ b/recipes/urls.py
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ urlpatterns = [
     ),
 ]
 
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    urlpatterns += path('__debug__/', include('debug_toolbar.urls')),
+
 if settings.ENABLE_METRICS:
     urlpatterns += re_path('', include('django_prometheus.urls')),
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e7046a8e7..c194bcb47 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ django-tables2==2.4.1
 djangorestframework==3.13.1
 drf-writable-nested==0.7.0
 django-oauth-toolkit==2.1.0
+django-debug-toolbar==3.6.0
 bleach==5.0.1
 bleach-allowlist==1.0.3
 gunicorn==20.1.0