diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index af5da11..31f76fe 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ bottom_bar: []const u8 = "mode file log selection diagnostics keybind linenumber
 show_scrollbars: bool = true,
 show_fileicons: bool = true,
 
+start_debugger_on_crash: bool = false,
+
 include_files: []const u8 = "",
 
 pub const DigitStyle = enum {
diff --git a/src/tui/tui.zig b/src/tui/tui.zig
index f42401d..083e715 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui.zig
+++ b/src/tui/tui.zig
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ fn init(allocator: Allocator) InitError!*Self {
     var conf, const conf_bufs = root.read_config(@import("config"), allocator);
     defer root.free_config(allocator, conf_bufs);
 
+    if (conf.start_debugger_on_crash)
+        tp.install_debugger();
+
     const theme_, const parsed_theme = get_theme_by_name(allocator, conf.theme) orelse get_theme_by_name(allocator, "dark_modern") orelse return error.UnknownTheme;
     conf.theme = theme_.name;
     conf.whitespace_mode = try allocator.dupe(u8, conf.whitespace_mode);