diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 951c518f5..c7f58ba15 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apply from: "../commons-device.gradle"
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
-apply from : '../dependencies.gradle'
+apply from: '../dependencies.gradle'
 
 /* gets the version name from the latest Git tag, stripping the leading v off */
 def getVersionName = { ->
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ android {
             shrinkResources false
             minifyEnabled false
         }
+        debug {
+            debuggable true
+            applicationIdSuffix '.debug'
+        }
     }
 
     kotlinOptions {