diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e2ebc6..0000000
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# uncomment to use tokio-console
-
-# [build]
-# rustflags = ["--cfg", "tokio_unstable"]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0d9bf4e..7b1008c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ database = ["rusqlite"]
 dns = []
 tor = ["arti-client", "tor-rtcompat"]
 filter-control = []
+tokio-console = []
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 corepc-node = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32b7c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fn main() {
+    #[cfg(feature = "tokio-console")]
+    println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=tokio_unstable");
+}
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index a4717ba..af5ff38 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ default:
 build:
   cargo build
 
+# Run with the tokio console enabled for verbose debugging.
+run-with-console:
+  cargo run --features tokio-console
+
 check:
    cargo fmt
    cargo clippy --all-targets