diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 worker_processes  1;
 
+# Show startup logs on stderr; switch to debug to print, well, debug logs when
+# running nginx-debug
+error_log /dev/stderr info;
+
 events {
   worker_connections 1024;
 }