diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 323370ea..b2c01dfd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ install:
   - docker-compose build
   - mkdir -p ~/docker; docker save frappedocker_frappe > ~/docker/image.tar
   - docker-compose up -d
-  - ./dbench init
+  - ./dbench init -d
   - pip install --upgrade virtualenv
   - virtualenv -p python3 testenv
   - source testenv/bin/activate
diff --git a/dbench b/dbench
index 2933cc18..2d5622dd 100755
--- a/dbench
+++ b/dbench
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ display_usage () {
   echo '    -s    adds site-names to /etc/hosts file in the container to facilitate multisite access'
   echo '    init  initializes frappe-bench'
   echo '    init -e  initializes frappe-bench and installs erpnext'
+  echo '    init -d  initializes frappe-bench and enables developer mode'
 }
 
 frappe_installer () {
@@ -36,6 +37,11 @@ then
   docker exec -it frappe bash -c "bench --site site1.local install-app erpnext"
   echo "finished"
 
+elif [[ $1 == 'init' && $2 == 'd' ]]
+then
+  frappe_installer
+  cat frappe-bench/sites/site1/site_config.json
+
 elif [ $1 == 'init' ]
 then
   frappe_installer