diff --git a/pay-queue/devops/vaults.gcp.env b/pay-queue/devops/vaults.gcp.env
index 5bfb8a754..fa6f68780 100644
--- a/pay-queue/devops/vaults.gcp.env
+++ b/pay-queue/devops/vaults.gcp.env
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ PUBLISHER_AUDIENCE="op://gcp-queue/$APP_ENV/base/PUBLISHER_AUDIENCE"
 PAY_SUB_AUDIENCE="op://gcp-queue/$APP_ENV/base/PAY_SUB_AUDIENCE"
 VERIFY_PUBSUB_EMAIL="op://gcp-queue/$APP_ENV/base/VERIFY_PUBSUB_EMAIL"
 VERIFY_PUBSUB_VIA_JWT="op://gcp-queue/$APP_ENV/base/VERIFY_PUBSUB_VIA_JWT"
+DEBUG_REQUEST="op://gcp-queue/$APP_ENV/base/DEBUG_REQUEST"
 ACCOUNT_MAILER_TOPIC="op://gcp-queue/$APP_ENV/topics/ACCOUNT_MAILER_TOPIC"
 SENTRY_ENABLE="op://sentry/$APP_ENV/relationship-api/SENTRY_ENABLE"
 SENTRY_DSN="op://sentry/$APP_ENV/relationship-api/SENTRY_DSN"
diff --git a/pay-queue/src/pay_queue/config.py b/pay-queue/src/pay_queue/config.py
index 2b2a07ab4..cbceb71f4 100644
--- a/pay-queue/src/pay_queue/config.py
+++ b/pay-queue/src/pay_queue/config.py
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ class _Config():  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     ACCOUNT_MAILER_TOPIC = os.getenv('ACCOUNT_MAILER_TOPIC', None)
     PAY_SUB_AUDIENCE = os.getenv('PAY_SUB_AUDIENCE', None)
     VERIFY_PUBSUB_EMAIL = os.getenv('VERIFY_PUBSUB_EMAIL', None)
-    VERIFY_PUBSUB_VIA_JWT = os.getenv('VERIFY_PUBSUB_VIA_JWT', None)
+
+    VERIFY_PUBSUB_VIA_JWT = os.getenv('VERIFY_PUBSUB_VIA_JWT', 'true').lower() == 'true'
+    VERIFY_PUBSUB_VIA_JWT = os.getenv('DEBUG_REQUEST', 'true').lower() == 'true'
 
 
 class DevConfig(_Config):  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
diff --git a/pay-queue/src/pay_queue/external/gcp_auth.py b/pay-queue/src/pay_queue/external/gcp_auth.py
index e6e180f9f..31f575ac6 100644
--- a/pay-queue/src/pay_queue/external/gcp_auth.py
+++ b/pay-queue/src/pay_queue/external/gcp_auth.py
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ def ensure_authorized_queue_user(f):
     @functools.wraps(f)
     def decorated_function(*args, **kwargs):
         # Use CacheControl to avoid re-fetching certificates for every request.
-        config_value = current_app.config.get('VERIFY_PUBSUB_VIA_JWT', True)
-        if config_value is True:
+        if current_app.config.get('DEBUG_REQUEST') is True:
+            current_app.logger.info(f'Headers: {request.headers}')
+        verifyJWT = current_app.config.get('VERIFY_PUBSUB_VIA_JWT', True)
+        current_app.logger.info(f'verifyJWT: {verifyJWT}')
+        if verifyJWT is True:
             if message := verify_jwt(CacheControl(Session())):
                 abort(HTTPStatus.UNAUTHORIZED)
         return f(*args, **kwargs)