diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 025f8ae8be..3ad31d65f6 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-_APP_ENV=production
+_APP_ENV=development
 _APP_HOME=https://appwrite.io
 _APP_LOCALE=en
 _APP_WORKER_PER_CORE=6