diff --git a/src/views/2_SessionComponent.tsx b/src/views/2_SessionComponent.tsx
index b75c37cff..6c177a2f1 100644
--- a/src/views/2_SessionComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/views/2_SessionComponent.tsx
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ export default class SessionComponent extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         if (event.metaKey && event.keyCode === KeyCode.D) {
             window.DEBUG = !window.DEBUG;
 
+            if (window.DEBUG) {
+                process.env.NODE_ENV = "development";
+            } else {
+                process.env.NODE_ENV = "production";
+            }
+
             require("devtron").install();
 
             event.stopPropagation();
diff --git a/src/views/Main.tsx b/src/views/Main.tsx
index cdc732de4..e629357a3 100644
--- a/src/views/Main.tsx
+++ b/src/views/Main.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+process.env.NODE_ENV = "production";
+
 import Aliases from "../Aliases";
 const reactDOM = require("react-dom");
 /* tslint:disable:no-unused-variable */