diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7778576124..9a607c34f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ without arguments starts a full interactive Python console.
   Attributes instead of `[None]`.
 - Remove `pillow` requirement (install especially if using imagefield)
 - Add Simplified Korean translation (user aceamro)
+- Show warning on `start -l` if settings contains values unsafe for production.
 
 
 ## Evennia 0.9 (2018-2019)
diff --git a/evennia/server/deprecations.py b/evennia/server/deprecations.py
index 976040a8e9..d51f3e753d 100644
--- a/evennia/server/deprecations.py
+++ b/evennia/server/deprecations.py
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ def check_errors(settings):
 
 def check_warnings(settings):
     """
-    Check deprecations that should produce warnings but which
+    Check conditions and deprecations that should produce warnings but which
     does not stop launch.
     """
-    pass
+    if settings.DEBUG:
+        print(" [Devel: settings.DEBUG is True. Important to turn off in production.]")
+    if settings.IN_GAME_ERRORS:
+        print(" [Devel: settings.IN_GAME_ERRORS is True. Turn off in production.]")
+    if settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS == ["*"]:
+        print(" [Devel: settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS set to '*' (all). Limit in production.]")
diff --git a/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py b/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
index 86dd99aa43..ad73bd26a0 100644
--- a/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
+++ b/evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ ERROR_DATABASE = \
     (error was '{traceback}')
 
     If you think your database should work, make sure you are running your
-    commands from inside your game directory. If this error persists, run 
+    commands from inside your game directory. If this error persists, run
 
        evennia migrate
 
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ def show_version_info(about=False):
         django=django.get_version())
 
 
-def error_check_python_modules():
+def error_check_python_modules(show_warnings=False):
     """
     Import settings modules in settings. This will raise exceptions on
     pure python-syntax issues which are hard to catch gracefully with
@@ -1619,6 +1619,9 @@ def error_check_python_modules():
     python source files themselves). Best they fail already here
     before we get any further.
 
+    Kwargs:
+        show_warnings (bool): If non-fatal warning messages should be shown.
+
     """
 
     from django.conf import settings
@@ -1634,11 +1637,13 @@ def error_check_python_modules():
     from evennia.server import deprecations
     try:
         deprecations.check_errors(settings)
-        deprecations.check_warnings(settings)
     except DeprecationWarning as err:
         print(err)
         sys.exit()
 
+    if show_warnings:
+        deprecations.check_warnings(settings)
+
     # core modules
     _imp(settings.COMMAND_PARSER)
     _imp(settings.SEARCH_AT_RESULT)
@@ -2113,11 +2118,11 @@ def main():
             query_info()
         elif option == "start":
             init_game_directory(CURRENT_DIR, check_db=True)
-            error_check_python_modules()
+            error_check_python_modules(show_warnings=args.tail_log)
             start_evennia(args.profiler, args.profiler)
         elif option == "istart":
             init_game_directory(CURRENT_DIR, check_db=True)
-            error_check_python_modules()
+            error_check_python_modules(show_warnings=args.tail_log)
             start_server_interactive()
         elif option == "ipstart":
             start_portal_interactive()