diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa1654e..2598e71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ Install the package using your favorite packaging tool: pip / poetry / pdm, etc.
     - `APM_REQUEST_SAVE_QUERY_PARAMETERS`: Boolean that when set to `True` will save the request query parameters as json. Defaults to `True`;
     - `APM_REQUEST_SAVE_QUERY_STRING`: Boolean that when set to `True` will save the request raw query string. Defaults to `True`;
     - `APM_NOTIFY_USING_CELERY`: Boolean that when set to `True` will dispatch a celery task when notificating. Since the process of notificating Integration can take a long time, we suggest you to set this to `True`. Defaults to `False`.
+    - `APM_NOTIFY_ON_DEBUG_TRUE`: Boolean that when set to `True` will notify errors even when `DEBUG=True`. Defaults to `False`.
 
 ## Storage considerations
 
diff --git a/djapm/apm/dflt_conf.py b/djapm/apm/dflt_conf.py
index a89cd93..53a0702 100644
--- a/djapm/apm/dflt_conf.py
+++ b/djapm/apm/dflt_conf.py
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 APM_REQUEST_SAVE_QUERY_STRING = True
 
 APM_NOTIFY_USING_CELERY = False
+APM_NOTIFY_ON_DEBUG_TRUE = False
diff --git a/djapm/apm/middlewares.py b/djapm/apm/middlewares.py
index 9e1b0ba..2c9bccf 100644
--- a/djapm/apm/middlewares.py
+++ b/djapm/apm/middlewares.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import logging
 from time import perf_counter
 import traceback
+import warnings
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpRequest
@@ -113,6 +114,15 @@ def process_exception(
             # This request was not processed by the decorator `apm_api_view`
             return
         trace = self._register_error_trace(request, exception)
+        notify_on_debug_true = getattr(
+            settings, "APM_NOTIFY_ON_DEBUG_TRUE", dflt_conf.APM_NOTIFY_ON_DEBUG_TRUE
+        )
+        if settings.DEBUG and not notify_on_debug_true:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "Errors Notifications aren't sent when DEBUG=True and APM_NOTIFY_ON_DEBUG_TRUE=False"
+            )
+            return
+
         use_celery = getattr(
             settings, "APM_NOTIFY_USING_CELERY", dflt_conf.APM_NOTIFY_USING_CELERY
         )
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58c37e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from typing import Any
+
+from django.test.client import RequestFactory
+import pytest
+
+from djapm.apm.contrib import _contribute_to_request
+from djapm.apm.types import ApmRequest, PatchedHttpRequest
+
+from tests.types import ApmRequestFactory
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def apm_rf(rf: RequestFactory, admin_user) -> ApmRequestFactory:
+    """Request factory for a APM view, that calls `_contribute_to_request`"""
+
+    def wrapper(
+        method: str, url: str, view: Any, drf_req: bool = False, user=None
+    ) -> PatchedHttpRequest:
+        func = getattr(rf, method.lower())
+        req = func(url)
+        req.user = user or admin_user
+
+        rest_req = None
+        if drf_req:
+            rest_req = ApmRequest(req)
+
+        _contribute_to_request(req, view=view, logger_name=None, rest_request=rest_req)
+        return req
+
+    return wrapper
diff --git a/tests/test_apm/test_contrib/test_view_name.py b/tests/test_apm/test_contrib/test_view_name.py
index 5c0a3b6..ffe44db 100644
--- a/tests/test_apm/test_contrib/test_view_name.py
+++ b/tests/test_apm/test_contrib/test_view_name.py
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 import pytest
 
-from django.test.client import RequestFactory
 from django.urls import reverse
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 
-from djapm.apm.contrib import _contribute_to_request
 from polls.views import OrderedPolls, get_polls_page, get_polls
+from tests.types import ApmRequestFactory
 
 
-def test_contribute_to_request_on_regular_class_based_view(rf: RequestFactory):
-    request = rf.get(reverse("polls-page-list-cbv"))
-    _contribute_to_request(request, view=OrderedPolls.as_view(), logger_name=None)
+def test_contribute_to_request_on_regular_class_based_view(apm_rf: ApmRequestFactory):
+    request = apm_rf("GET", reverse("polls-page-list-cbv"), OrderedPolls.as_view())
     assert request.view_name == "polls.dj.OrderedPolls"
 
 
-def test_contribute_to_request_on_regular_function_based_view(rf: RequestFactory):
-    request = rf.get(reverse("polls-page-list"))
-    _contribute_to_request(request, view=get_polls_page, logger_name=None)
+def test_contribute_to_request_on_regular_function_based_view(
+    apm_rf: ApmRequestFactory,
+):
+    request = apm_rf("GET", reverse("polls-page-list"), get_polls_page)
     assert request.view_name == "polls.dj.get_polls_page"
 
 
@@ -25,9 +24,6 @@ def test_contribute_to_request_on_drf_class_based_view():
     assert False
 
 
-def test_contribute_to_request_on_drf_function_based_view(rf: RequestFactory):
-    request = rf.get(reverse("polls-list"))
-    _contribute_to_request(
-        request, view=get_polls, logger_name=None, rest_request=Request(request)
-    )
+def test_contribute_to_request_on_drf_function_based_view(apm_rf: ApmRequestFactory):
+    request = apm_rf("GET", reverse("polls-list"), get_polls, drf_req=True)
     assert request.view_name == "polls.drf.get_polls"
diff --git a/tests/test_apm/test_middlewares/test_error_trace_middleware.py b/tests/test_apm/test_middlewares/test_error_trace_middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c2bd76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_apm/test_middlewares/test_error_trace_middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import warnings
+
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+from djapm.apm.middlewares import ErrorTraceMiddleware
+from polls.views import get_polls
+from tests.types import ApmRequestFactory
+
+
+def test_process_exception_warns_when_debug_true_and_notify_on_debug_true_is_false(
+    settings, apm_rf: ApmRequestFactory
+):
+    settings.DEBUG = True
+    settings.APM_NOTIFY_ON_DEBUG_TRUE = False
+
+    middleware = ErrorTraceMiddleware(lambda r: r)
+
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+        request = apm_rf("GET", reverse("polls-list"), get_polls, drf_req=True)
+        middleware.process_exception(request, ValueError("Oops, A exception occurred"))
+
+        assert len(w) == 1, "No warnings were emitted"
diff --git a/tests/types.py b/tests/types.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2696a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from typing import Any, Protocol
+
+from djapm.apm.types import PatchedHttpRequest
+
+
+class ApmRequestFactory(Protocol):
+    def __call__(
+        self, method: str, url: str, view: Any, drf_req: bool = False, user=None
+    ) -> PatchedHttpRequest:
+        ...