diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 6d7f1ca..e50ab45 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export DATABASE_URL="sqlite:lib/crossfire.sqlite"
+export CROSSFIRE_DEVEL=1
 [ -d lib ] || mkdir -p lib/projects
diff --git a/crossfire/server.rkt b/crossfire/server.rkt
index abb725f..1f5870e 100644
--- a/crossfire/server.rkt
+++ b/crossfire/server.rkt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 (define *server-node-id* 0)
 
-(define *production?* #f)
+(define *production?* (not (getenv "CROSSFIRE_DEVEL")))
 
 ;; XXX : platform-specific
 (define *config-root* (if *production?* "/etc/" "etc/"))