diff --git a/wrapper.sh b/wrapper.sh
index ee7d910..8697093 100755
--- a/wrapper.sh
+++ b/wrapper.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 if [ "$FLASK_ENV" == "production" ]; then
     export WORKERS=2
     export THREADS=2
+    export RELOAD=""
 else
     cd /pybook_mapped_volume
     export WORKERS=1
     export THREADS=1
+    export RELOAD="--reload"
 fi
 
-sudo -u pybook gunicorn --bind=0.0.0.0:80 --timeout 300 --workers=$WORKERS --threads=$THREADS main:app --env FLASK_ENV="$FLASK_ENV" --error-logfile gunicorn.error.log --access-logfile gunicorn.log --capture-output --enable-stdio-inheritance
+sudo -u pybook gunicorn --bind=0.0.0.0:80 --timeout 300 --workers=$WORKERS --threads=$THREADS main:app --env FLASK_ENV="$FLASK_ENV" --error-logfile gunicorn.error.log --access-logfile gunicorn.log --capture-output $RELOAD --enable-stdio-inheritance
 
 # just in case it fails this keeps the container up so you can check gunicorn logs
 sleep 99999