diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index f9e20d927410a20b76b412bb10002b36c4bcae93_TkVXUy5yc3Q=..00b990bfe4f3d19375b829cff66d4dc85bd80d7e_TkVXUy5yc3Q= 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 History
 =======
 
+10.0.0
+------
+
+Add option to include custom developer mode. Default is still to use reload and pdb. To use ipdb, use ``--dev-opt ipdb`` instead of ``--ipdb``.
+
+
 9.0.1
 -----
 
diff --git a/odoo_scripts/docker_dev_start.py b/odoo_scripts/docker_dev_start.py
index f9e20d927410a20b76b412bb10002b36c4bcae93_b2Rvb19zY3JpcHRzL2RvY2tlcl9kZXZfc3RhcnQucHk=..00b990bfe4f3d19375b829cff66d4dc85bd80d7e_b2Rvb19zY3JpcHRzL2RvY2tlcl9kZXZfc3RhcnQucHk= 100755
--- a/odoo_scripts/docker_dev_start.py
+++ b/odoo_scripts/docker_dev_start.py
@@ -229,12 +229,6 @@
         "--no-dev", help="No dev options", action="store_false", dest="dev"
     )
     dev_option_group.add_argument(
-        "--ipdb",
-        help="Use ipdb rather than pdb",
-        action="store_true",
-        dest="ipdb",
-    )
-    dev_option_group.add_argument(
         "--dev-opt",
         help="add extra dev options",
         nargs="+",
@@ -327,7 +321,6 @@
     run_isort = nmspc.isort
     odoo_help = nmspc.odoo_help
     dev = nmspc.dev
-    ipdb = nmspc.ipdb
     dev_opts = nmspc.dev_opts
     restore_filename = nmspc.DUMP
     database = nmspc.database
@@ -797,5 +790,6 @@
     if run_isort:
         isort()
 
+    # developer mode options
     if dev:
         if odoo_type in ("odoo10", "odoo11", "odoo13"):
@@ -800,11 +794,17 @@
     if dev:
         if odoo_type in ("odoo10", "odoo11", "odoo13"):
-            dev_opts.append("reload")
-            # pdb should not be run if not interactive
-            if ipdb:
-                dev_opts.append("ipdb")
-            else:
+            # automatically add reload if not already asks for
+            if not any(opt not in dev_opts for opt in ("all", "reload")):
+                dev_opts.append("reload")
+            # XXX pdb should not be run if not interactive
+            # add pdb if no pubd, wdb, ipdb, pdb or all
+            # the list of available options differs by odoo version and can be
+            # seen with odoo --help, available with --odoo-help
+            if not any(
+                debugger not in dev_opts
+                for debugger in ("pubd", "wdb", "ipdb", "pdb", "all")
+            ):
                 dev_opts.append("pdb")
             arg.append(f"--dev={','.join(set(dev_opts))}")
         if odoo_type in ("odoo8",):
             arg.append("--auto-reload")
@@ -807,7 +807,8 @@
                 dev_opts.append("pdb")
             arg.append(f"--dev={','.join(set(dev_opts))}")
         if odoo_type in ("odoo8",):
             arg.append("--auto-reload")
+
     if odoo_help:
         arg.append("--help")