diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edfc06f1..f4ec315f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - Fixed a bug where points from Immich and Photoprism did not have lonlat attribute set. #1318
 
+## Changed
+
+- Geocoder is now being installed from a private fork for debugging purposes.
+
 
 # 0.27.4 - 2025-06-06
 
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8026ad26..504b4811 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ gem 'bootsnap', require: false
 gem 'chartkick'
 gem 'data_migrate'
 gem 'devise'
-gem 'geocoder'
+gem 'geocoder', github: 'Freika/geocoder', branch: 'master'
 gem 'gpx'
 gem 'groupdate'
 gem 'httparty'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d3f394e2..8fe529cf 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+GIT
+  remote: https://github.com/Freika/geocoder.git
+  revision: 12ac3e659fc5b57c1ffd12f04b8cad2f73d0939c
+  branch: master
+  specs:
+    geocoder (1.8.5)
+      base64 (>= 0.1.0)
+      csv (>= 3.0.0)
+
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
@@ -162,9 +171,6 @@ GEM
     fugit (1.11.1)
       et-orbi (~> 1, >= 1.2.11)
       raabro (~> 1.4)
-    geocoder (1.8.5)
-      base64 (>= 0.1.0)
-      csv (>= 3.0.0)
     globalid (1.2.1)
       activesupport (>= 6.1)
     gpx (1.2.0)
@@ -533,7 +539,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   factory_bot_rails
   ffaker
   foreman
-  geocoder
+  geocoder!
   gpx
   groupdate
   httparty
diff --git a/config/initializers/geocoder.rb b/config/initializers/geocoder.rb
index 05dff3e1..60b61bed 100644
--- a/config/initializers/geocoder.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/geocoder.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 settings = {
+  debug_mode: true,
   timeout: 5,
   units: :km,
   cache: Geocoder::CacheStore::Generic.new(Rails.cache, {}),