diff --git a/pa_job_manager.py b/pa_job_manager.py
index 1b1670c..20f2e48 100644
--- a/pa_job_manager.py
+++ b/pa_job_manager.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ import json
 # global debug setting
 if 'FLASK_ENV' not in os.environ or os.environ['FLASK_ENV'] != "production":
     DEBUG=True
+else:
+    DEBUG=False
 
 # this is required to handle the duplicate processing code
 sys.setrecursionlimit(50000)