# Enabling debugger in initializers

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enabling-debugger-in-initializers/183406>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 13, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enabling-debugger-in-initializers/183406 "2010-02-13T07:46:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralphshnelvar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@ralphshnelvar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ralphshnelvar)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enabling-debugger-in-initializers/183406/1 "2010-02-13T07:46:28Z")

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Is it possible to get the debugger to run when initializers are being  
executed?

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**Author:** ![ralphshnelvar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@ralphshnelvar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ralphshnelvar)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/enabling-debugger-in-initializers/183406/2 "2010-02-13T14:57:59Z")

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On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Ralph S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Is it possible to get the debugger to run when initializers are being  
> executed?

The -u option on script/server to turn on the debugger is too late,  
since it doesn’t seem to bring the debugger in until after  
initializers run.

but you should be able to do something like

rdebug script/server

which will give you control in the debugger at the beginning.

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Rick DeNatale

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