diff --git a/server/Database.js b/server/Database.js
index a959d0a9..09f6dfc7 100644
--- a/server/Database.js
+++ b/server/Database.js
@@ -166,10 +166,25 @@ class Database {
    */
   async connect() {
     Logger.info(`[Database] Initializing db at "${this.dbPath}"`)
+
+    let logging = false;
+    let benchmark = false;
+    if (process.env.QUERY_LOGGING === "log") {
+      // Setting QUERY_LOGGING=log will log all Sequelize queries before they run
+      Logger.info(`[Database] Query logging enabled"`)
+      logging = (query) => Logger.dev(`Running the following query: ${query}`)
+    } else if (process.env.QUERY_LOGGING === "benchmark") {
+      // Setting QUERY_LOGGING=benchmark will log all Sequelize queries and their execution times, after they run
+      Logger.info(`[Database] Query benchmarking enabled"`)
+      logging = (query, time) => Logger.dev(`Ran the following query in ${time}ms: ${query}`)
+      benchmark = true;
+    }
+
     this.sequelize = new Sequelize({
       dialect: 'sqlite',
       storage: this.dbPath,
-      logging: false,
+      logging: logging,
+      benchmark: benchmark,
       transactionType: 'IMMEDIATE'
     })