diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 69546209..6ea19645 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-controller: ARGO_DATAFLOW_PULL_POLICY=IfNotPresent ARGO_DATAFLOW_UPDATE_INTERVAL=5s ARGO_DATAFLOW_NAMESPACE=argo-dataflow-system go run -race ./manager
+controller: GODEBUG=gctrace=1 ARGO_DATAFLOW_PULL_POLICY=IfNotPresent ARGO_DATAFLOW_UPDATE_INTERVAL=5s ARGO_DATAFLOW_NAMESPACE=argo-dataflow-system go run -race ./manager
 logs: make logs
 argocli: make argocli
 ui: make ui
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/step_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/step_types.go
index 4289f099..36848cb5 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/step_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/step_types.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package v1alpha1
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ func (in Step) GetPodSpec(req GetPodSpecReq) corev1.PodSpec {
 		{Name: EnvReplica, Value: strconv.Itoa(int(req.Replica))},
 		{Name: EnvStep, Value: string(step)},
 		{Name: EnvUpdateInterval, Value: req.UpdateInterval.String()},
+		{Name: "GODEBUG", Value: os.Getenv("GODEBUG")},
 	}
 	return corev1.PodSpec{
 		Volumes:            append(in.Spec.Volumes, volume),