diff --git a/pa_job_manager.py b/pa_job_manager.py
index 0b0d726..517e19b 100644
--- a/pa_job_manager.py
+++ b/pa_job_manager.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
 
 # global debug setting
-DEBUG=True
+if os.environ['FLASK_ENV'] != "production":
+    DEBUG=True
 
 ### SQLALCHEMY IMPORTS ###
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base