diff --git a/django_q/conf.py b/django_q/conf.py
index 9c57b56..30460d0 100644
--- a/django_q/conf.py
+++ b/django_q/conf.py
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class Conf(object):
     # Sets the number of processors for each worker, defaults to all.
     CPU_AFFINITY = conf.get('cpu_affinity', 0)
 
+    # Global sync option to for debugging
+    SYNC = conf.get('sync', False)
+
     # Use the secret key for package signing
     # Django itself should raise an error if it's not configured
     SECRET_KEY = settings.SECRET_KEY
diff --git a/django_q/tasks.py b/django_q/tasks.py
index ebbc318..b9c7360 100644
--- a/django_q/tasks.py
+++ b/django_q/tasks.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def async(func, *args, **kwargs):
         task['save'] = save
     # sign it
     pack = signing.SignedPackage.dumps(task)
-    if sync:
+    if sync or Conf.SYNC:
         return _sync(pack)
     # push it
     redis.rpush(list_key, pack)
diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index 5f2ff5a..87c337d 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Installation
 ============
+.. py:currentmodule:: django_q
 
 -  Install the latest version with pip::
 
@@ -93,6 +94,12 @@ Limits the amount of successful tasks saved to Django.
 
 .. _queue_limit:
 
+sync
+~~~~
+
+When set to ``True`` this configuration option forces all :func:`async` calls to be run with ``sync=True``.
+Effectively making everything synchronous. Useful for testing. Defaults to ``False``.
+
 queue_limit
 ~~~~~~~~~~~