diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index 5c3a959..f1790c0 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -20,7 +20,20 @@ If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.
 If related to missing devices or SMART data, please run the `collector` in DEBUG mode, and attach the log file.
 
 ```
-docker exec scrutiny scrutiny-collector-metrics run --debug --log-file /tmp/test.log
-# then use docker cp to copy the log file out of the container. 
-docker cp scrutiny:/tmp/test.log test.log
+docker run -it --rm -p 8080:8080 \
+-v /run/udev:/run/udev:ro \
+-v /dev/disk:/dev/disk \
+-e DEBUG=true \
+-e COLLECTOR_LOG_FILE=/tmp/collector.log \
+-e SCRUTINY_LOG_FILE=/tmp/web.log \
+--name scrutiny \
+--privileged analogj/scrutiny
+
+# in another terminal trigger the collector
+docker exec scrutiny scrutiny-collector-metrics run
+
+# then use docker cp to copy the log files out of the container.
+docker cp scrutiny:/tmp/collector.log collector.log
+docker cp scrutiny:/tmp/web.log web.log
+
 ```
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a326880..5c25a16 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -40,3 +40,24 @@ Now visit http://localhost:8080
 brew install smartmontools
 go run collector/cmd/collector-metrics/collector-metrics.go run --debug
 ```
+
+
+## Debugging
+
+If you need more verbose logs for debugging, you can use the following environmental variables:
+
+- `DEBUG=true` - enables debug level logging on both the `collector` and `webapp`
+- `COLLECTOR_DEBUG=true` - enables debug level logging on the `collector`
+- `SCRUTINY_DEBUG=true` - enables debug level logging on the `webapp`
+
+In addition, you can instruct scrutiny to write its logs to a file using the following environmental variables:
+
+- `COLLECTOR_LOG_FILE=/tmp/collector.log` - write the `collector` logs to a file
+- `SCRUTINY_LOG_FILE=/tmp/web.log` - write the `webapp` logs to a file
+
+Finally, you can copy the files from the scrutiny container to your host using the following command(s)
+
+```
+docker cp scrutiny:/tmp/collector.log collector.log
+docker cp scrutiny:/tmp/web.log web.log
+```