diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34f7e02..8f68df8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ Height of the packaged application, defaults to `800px`.
 
 Set the user agent to run the created app with.
 
+#### [show-dev-tools]
+
+```
+'-d, --show-dev-tools'
+```
+
+Show developer tools when running the app.
 
 ## How It Works
 
diff --git a/app/main.js b/app/main.js
index 811072f..1027321 100644
--- a/app/main.js
+++ b/app/main.js
@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ app.on('ready', function() {
         }
     );
 
-    mainWindow.loadUrl('file://' + __dirname + '/index.html', { userAgent: appArgs.userAgent});
 
-    //mainWindow.openDevTools();
+    if (appArgs.showDevTools) {
+        mainWindow.openDevTools();
+    }
+
+    mainWindow.loadUrl('file://' + __dirname + '/index.html', { userAgent: appArgs.userAgent});
 
     mainWindow.webContents.on('did-finish-load', function() {
         mainWindow.webContents.send('params', JSON.stringify(appArgs));
diff --git a/src/buildApp.js b/src/buildApp.js
index 04cf828..d0d874c 100644
--- a/src/buildApp.js
+++ b/src/buildApp.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function buildApp(options, callback) {
 
     async.waterfall([
         callback => {
-            copyPlaceholderApp(options.dir, tmpPath, options.name, options.targetUrl, options.badge, options.width, options.height, options.userAgent, callback);
+            copyPlaceholderApp(options.dir, tmpPath, options.name, options.targetUrl, options.badge, options.width, options.height, options.userAgent, options.showDevTools, callback);
         },
 
         (tempDir, callback) => {
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@ function buildApp(options, callback) {
  * @param {number} width
  * @param {number} height
  * @param {string} userAgent
+ * @param {boolean} showDevTools
  * @param {tempDirCallback} callback
  */
-function copyPlaceholderApp(srcAppDir, tempDir, name, targetURL, badge, width, height, userAgent, callback) {
+function copyPlaceholderApp(srcAppDir, tempDir, name, targetURL, badge, width, height, userAgent, showDevTools, callback) {
     copy(srcAppDir, tempDir, error => {
 
         if (error) {
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ function copyPlaceholderApp(srcAppDir, tempDir, name, targetURL, badge, width, h
             badge: badge,
             width: width,
             height: height,
-            userAgent: userAgent
+            userAgent: userAgent,
+            showDevTools: showDevTools
         };
 
         fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tempDir, '/targetUrl.txt'), JSON.stringify(appArgs));
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index 10d286d..03d45a7 100755
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ function main(program) {
                 program.width,
                 program.height,
                 program.userAgent,
+                program.showDevTools,
                 callback);
         },
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ if (require.main === module) {
         .option('-w, --width <value>', 'set window width, defaults to 1280px', parseInt)
         .option('-h, --height <value>', 'set window height, defaults to 800px', parseInt)
         .option('-u, --user-agent <value>', 'set the user agent string for the app')
+        .option('-d, --show-dev-tools', 'show developer tools when running the app')
         .parse(process.argv);
 
     if (!process.argv.slice(2).length) {
diff --git a/src/options.js b/src/options.js
index 06efb24..c565b8f 100644
--- a/src/options.js
+++ b/src/options.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function optionsFactory(name,
                         width = 1280,
                         height = 800,
                         userAgent,
+                        showDevTools,
                         callback) {
 
     if (!validator.isURL(targetUrl, {require_protocol: true})) {
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ function optionsFactory(name,
         badge: badge,
         width: width,
         height: height,
-        userAgent: userAgent
+        userAgent: userAgent,
+        showDevTools: showDevTools
     };
 
     if (name && name.length > 0) {