diff --git a/server/README.md b/server/README.md
index 438cb6a6..979771cf 100644
--- a/server/README.md
+++ b/server/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Alternatively, the container can also be told to use the [Local-File Backend][2]
 See [below](#options) on how to configure this.
 
 ## Building
+
 The container image can be built via:
 ```
 $ docker build -t basyx-python-server -f Dockerfile ..
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ Note that when cloning this repository on Windows, Git may convert the line sepa
 ## Running
 
 ### Storage
+
 The container needs to be provided with the directory `/storage` to store AAS and Submodel files: AASX, JSON, XML or JSON files of Local-File Backend.
 
 This directory can be mapped via the `-v` option from another image or a local directory.
@@ -30,10 +32,12 @@ To map the directory `storage` inside the container, `-v ./storage:/storage` can
 The directory `storage` will be created in the current working directory, if it doesn't already exist.
 
 ### Port
+
 The HTTP server inside the container listens on port 80 by default.
 To expose it on the host on port 8080, use the option `-p 8080:80` when running it.
 
 ### Options
+
 The container can be configured via environment variables:
 - `API_BASE_PATH` determines the base path under which all other API paths are made available.
   Default: `/api/v3.0`
@@ -61,15 +65,15 @@ Per default, the server will use the `LOCAL_FILE_READ_ONLY` storage type and ser
 $ docker run -p 8080:80 -v ./storage2:/storage2 -e API_BASE_PATH=/api/v3.1 -e STORAGE_TYPE=LOCAL_FILE_BACKEND -e STORAGE_PATH=/storage2 basyx-python-server
 ```
 
-## Building and running the image with docker-compose
+## Building and Running the Image with Docker Compose
 
 The container image can also be built and run via:
 ```
 $ docker compose up
 ```
 
-This is the exemplary `docker-compose` file for the server:
-````yaml
+This is the exemplary `compose.yml` file for the server:
+```yaml
 services:
   app:
     build:
@@ -79,13 +83,33 @@ services:
     - "8080:80"
     volumes:
       - ./storage:/storage
-````
+```
 
 Here files are read from `/storage` and the server can be accessed at http://localhost:8080/api/v3.0/ from your host system. 
 To get a different setup this compose.yaml file can be adapted and expanded.
 
 Note that the `Dockerfile` has to be specified explicitly, as the build context must be set to the parent directory of `/server` to allow access to the local `/sdk`.
 
+## Running without Docker (Debugging Only)
+
+The server can also be run directly on the host system without Docker, NGINX and supervisord. Although this is not suitable for production, it may be useful for debugging.
+
+> [!warning]
+> Not supported for production systems!
+
+1. Install the local SDK and the local server package.
+   ```bash
+   $ pip install ../sdk
+   $ pip install ./app
+   ```
+
+2. Run the server by executing the main function in [`./app/interfaces/repository.py`](./app/interfaces/repository.py) from within the current folder.
+   ```bash
+   $ python -m app.interfaces.repository
+   ```
+
+The server can be accessed at http://localhost:8080/api/v3.0/ from your host system. 
+
 ## Acknowledgments
 
 This Dockerfile is inspired by the [tiangolo/uwsgi-nginx-docker][10] repository.