diff --git a/php-fpm/7.4/Dockerfile b/php-fpm/7.4/Dockerfile
index 01244c6..f2605f7 100644
--- a/php-fpm/7.4/Dockerfile
+++ b/php-fpm/7.4/Dockerfile
@@ -97,8 +97,12 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	echo 'error_log = /proc/self/fd/2'; \
 	} > /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/zz-hardening.ini
 
+# Copy the force-debug script and enable it
+COPY --chown=app:app shared/php-fpm/force-debug.php /usr/local/etc/php/force-debug.php
+RUN echo 'auto_prepend_file = /usr/local/etc/php/force-debug.php' > /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/zz-force-debug.ini
+
 # Copy pool configuration from this directory
-COPY --chown=app:app php-fpm/${BASE_VERSION}/www.conf /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
+COPY --chown=app:app www.conf /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
 
 # Copy entrypoint from shared path in repo root
 COPY --chown=root:root shared/php-fpm/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/shared/php-fpm/force-debug.php b/shared/php-fpm/force-debug.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4c13fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/php-fpm/force-debug.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+// force-debug.php
+// This script is prepended to all PHP requests to force error reporting.
+
+// Set error reporting to the highest level.
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+
+// Ensure errors are displayed directly in the browser.
+// This overrides any ini_set('display_errors', 'Off') in the application.
+ini_set('display_errors', '1');
+
+// Also ensure errors are logged.
+ini_set('log_errors', '1');
+?>