diff --git a/bin/checkXdebugMode.php b/bin/checkXdebugMode.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1396ddaf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/checkXdebugMode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+
+exit((ini_get('xdebug.mode') ?: 'off') === 'off' ? 0 : 1);
diff --git a/src/Commands/StartFrankenPhpCommand.php b/src/Commands/StartFrankenPhpCommand.php
index c4f100ce4..0dd6b029f 100644
--- a/src/Commands/StartFrankenPhpCommand.php
+++ b/src/Commands/StartFrankenPhpCommand.php
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\SignalableCommandInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
+use function app;
+use function base_path;
+use function dirname;
+
 #[AsCommand(name: 'octane:frankenphp')]
 class StartFrankenPhpCommand extends Command implements SignalableCommandInterface
 {
@@ -85,6 +89,9 @@ public function handle(ServerProcessInspector $inspector, ServerStateFile $serve
             ? "https://$host:$port"
             : "http://:$port";
 
+        $debugEnabled = $this->debugModeEnabled($frankenphpBinary);
+        $workerModeEnabled = $this->workerCount() == 0 && app()->environment('local') && ! $debugEnabled;
+
         $process = tap(new Process([
             $frankenphpBinary,
             'run',
@@ -93,12 +100,14 @@ public function handle(ServerProcessInspector $inspector, ServerStateFile $serve
             'APP_ENV' => app()->environment(),
             'APP_BASE_PATH' => base_path(),
             'APP_PUBLIC_PATH' => public_path(),
+            'APP_INDEX_FILE' => $workerModeEnabled ? 'frankenphp-worker.php' : 'index.php',
             'LARAVEL_OCTANE' => 1,
             'MAX_REQUESTS' => $this->option('max-requests'),
             'REQUEST_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME' => $this->maxExecutionTime(),
             'CADDY_GLOBAL_OPTIONS' => ($https && $this->option('http-redirect')) ? '' : 'auto_https disable_redirects',
             'CADDY_SERVER_ADMIN_PORT' => $this->adminPort(),
             'CADDY_SERVER_ADMIN_HOST' => $this->option('admin-host'),
+            'CADDY_SERVER_FRANKENPHP_OPTIONS' => $workerModeEnabled ? 'import worker' : '',
             'CADDY_SERVER_LOG_LEVEL' => $this->option('log-level') ?: (app()->environment('local') ? 'INFO' : 'WARN'),
             'CADDY_SERVER_LOGGER' => 'json',
             'CADDY_SERVER_SERVER_NAME' => $serverName,
@@ -141,6 +150,23 @@ protected function ensurePortIsAvailable()
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if XDebug is installed and enabled.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $frankenPhpBinary
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function debugModeEnabled($frankenPhpBinary)
+    {
+        $status = tap(new Process([
+            $frankenPhpBinary,
+            'php-cli',
+            dirname(__DIR__, 2).'/bin/checkXdebugMode.php',
+        ], base_path()))->run();
+
+        return $status > 0;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the path to the FrankenPHP configuration file.
      *
diff --git a/src/Commands/stubs/Caddyfile b/src/Commands/stubs/Caddyfile
index 82508830d..12617c040 100644
--- a/src/Commands/stubs/Caddyfile
+++ b/src/Commands/stubs/Caddyfile
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+(worker) {
+	worker "{$APP_PUBLIC_PATH}/frankenphp-worker.php" {$CADDY_SERVER_WORKER_COUNT}
+}
+
 {
 	{$CADDY_GLOBAL_OPTIONS}
 
 	admin {$CADDY_SERVER_ADMIN_HOST}:{$CADDY_SERVER_ADMIN_PORT}
 
 	frankenphp {
-		worker "{$APP_PUBLIC_PATH}/frankenphp-worker.php" {$CADDY_SERVER_WORKER_COUNT}
+		{$CADDY_SERVER_FRANKENPHP_OPTIONS}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@
 		{$CADDY_SERVER_EXTRA_DIRECTIVES}
 
 		php_server {
-			index frankenphp-worker.php
+			index {$APP_INDEX_FILE}
 			# Required for the public/storage/ directory...
 			resolve_root_symlink
 		}