diff --git a/enro-processor/src/main/java/dev/enro/processor/generator/NavigationComponentGenerator.kt b/enro-processor/src/main/java/dev/enro/processor/generator/NavigationComponentGenerator.kt
index 83aca96c..9c428776 100644
--- a/enro-processor/src/main/java/dev/enro/processor/generator/NavigationComponentGenerator.kt
+++ b/enro-processor/src/main/java/dev/enro/processor/generator/NavigationComponentGenerator.kt
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ object NavigationComponentGenerator {
             .addModifiers(KModifier.PUBLIC)
             .returns(ClassNames.Kotlin.navigationController)
             .addPlatformParameter()
+            .addParameter(
+                ParameterSpec.builder("isDebug", Boolean::class)
+                    .defaultValue("false")
+                    .build()
+            )
             .addParameter(
                 ParameterSpec.builder(
                     "block",
@@ -103,10 +108,11 @@ object NavigationComponentGenerator {
             .addCode(
                 """
                     val controller = internalCreateEnroController(
+                        isDebug = isDebug,
                         builder = {
-                            ${generatedComponent.name}().apply { 
+                            ${generatedComponent.name}().apply {
                                 module(module)
-                                invoke() 
+                                invoke()
                             }
                             block()
                         }
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ object NavigationComponentGenerator {
                         return androidx.compose.runtime.remember {
                             installNavigationController(
                                 $platformParameterName = Unit,
+                                isDebug = isDebug,
                                 block = block,
                             )
                         }
diff --git a/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/EnroController.kt b/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/EnroController.kt
index 949435ec..cf9f5bc9 100644
--- a/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/EnroController.kt
+++ b/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/EnroController.kt
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 
 @Stable
 public class EnroController {
-    // TODO NEED TO CONFIGURE THIS
-    internal val isDebug = false
+    // Set during construction by internalCreateEnroController, plumbed through
+    // from the isDebug parameter on the generated installNavigationController.
+    internal var isDebug: Boolean = false
     internal var platformReference: Any? = null
     internal val plugins = PluginRepository()
     internal val bindings = BindingRepository(plugins)
diff --git a/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/controller/internalCreateEnroController.kt b/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/controller/internalCreateEnroController.kt
index f200148e..81efa058 100644
--- a/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/controller/internalCreateEnroController.kt
+++ b/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/controller/internalCreateEnroController.kt
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import dev.enro.platform.platformNavigationModule
 
 // Marked as internal, but is used in generated code with a @Suppress("INVISIBLE_REFERENCE", "INVISIBLE_MEMBER")
 internal fun internalCreateEnroController(
+    isDebug: Boolean = false,
     builder: NavigationModule.BuilderScope.() -> Unit = {},
 ) : EnroController {
     val module = createNavigationModule(builder)
     return EnroController().apply {
+        this.isDebug = isDebug
         addModule(defaultNavigationModule)
         addModule(platformNavigationModule)
         addModule(module)
diff --git a/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/ui/NavigationContainerState.kt b/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/ui/NavigationContainerState.kt
index 29f86fb3..763892a7 100644
--- a/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/ui/NavigationContainerState.kt
+++ b/enro-runtime/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/enro/ui/NavigationContainerState.kt
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ public class NavigationContainerState(
         container.setBackstackDirect(restoredBackstack.asBackstack())
     }
 
-    @Deprecated("TODO BETTER DEPRECATION MESSAGE")
+    @Deprecated(
+        message = "Use NavigationDisplay(state) instead. This method only exists for migration ergonomics and will be removed before 3.0 stable.",
+        replaceWith = ReplaceWith(
+            expression = "NavigationDisplay(this)",
+            imports = ["dev.enro.ui.NavigationDisplay"],
+        ),
+        level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING,
+    )
     @Composable
     public fun Render() {
         NavigationDisplay(this)