diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3b2faed..7d655c71 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 - refactor(notification): add `NotificationExtraInformation` with `text`, `piper_text`, and `orca_text` to replace the simple strings passed to `extra_information` field of the `Notification` object
 - refactor(audio): rename sound service to audio service
 - refactor(audio): drop `pyaudio` and use `simpleaudio` for playback
+- feat(core): setting `DEBUG_MODE_MENU` environment variable to truthy values will show a representation of the menu in the logs whenever the current menu is changed
 
 ## Version 0.15.4
 
diff --git a/ubo_app/constants.py b/ubo_app/constants.py
index a84f1373..e94b7472 100644
--- a/ubo_app/constants.py
+++ b/ubo_app/constants.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 SERVER_SOCKET_PATH = Path('/run/ubo').joinpath('system_manager.sock').as_posix()
 DISABLED_SERVICES = os.environ.get('UBO_DISABLED_SERVICES', '').split(',')
 
+DEBUG_MODE_MENU = str_to_bool(os.environ.get('UBO_DEBUG_MENU', 'False')) == 1
+
 SERVICES_LOOP_GRACE_PERIOD = float(
     os.environ.get('UBO_SERVICES_LOOP_GRACE_PERIOD', 0.1),
 )
diff --git a/ubo_app/menu_app/menu_central.py b/ubo_app/menu_app/menu_central.py
index f6eb00a0..58a62dd9 100644
--- a/ubo_app/menu_app/menu_central.py
+++ b/ubo_app/menu_app/menu_central.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 from ubo_gui.app import UboApp, cached_property
 from ubo_gui.menu import Item, MenuWidget, StackItem, StackMenuItem
 
+from ubo_app.constants import DEBUG_MODE_MENU
+from ubo_app.logging import logger
 from ubo_app.menu_app.menu_notification_handler import MenuNotificationHandler
 from ubo_app.store.core import (
     ChooseMenuItemByIconEvent,
@@ -108,6 +110,10 @@ def central(self: MenuAppCentral) -> Widget | None:
         self.menu_widget.bind(title=self.handle_title_change)
         self.menu_widget.bind(stack=set_path)
 
+        if DEBUG_MODE_MENU:
+            menu_representation = 'Menu:\n' + repr(self.menu_widget)
+            self.menu_widget.bind(stack=lambda *_: logger.info(menu_representation))
+
         subscribe_event(
             KeypadKeyPressEvent,
             self.handle_key_press_event,