diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
index 142f0e97ac..9487de5e6a 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
@@ -391,9 +391,16 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
         'InvenTree.permissions.RolePermission',
     ),
     'DEFAULT_SCHEMA_CLASS': 'rest_framework.schemas.coreapi.AutoSchema',
-    'DEFAULT_METADATA_CLASS': 'InvenTree.metadata.InvenTreeMetadata'
+    'DEFAULT_METADATA_CLASS': 'InvenTree.metadata.InvenTreeMetadata',
+    'DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer',
+    ]
 }
 
+if DEBUG:
+    # Enable browsable API if in DEBUG mode
+    REST_FRAMEWORK['DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES'].append('rest_framework.renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer')
+
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'InvenTree.wsgi.application'
 
 """