diff --git a/config/puma.rb b/config/puma.rb
index 265960d99..d472c7278 100644
--- a/config/puma.rb
+++ b/config/puma.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-# First, you need to change these below to your situation.
-APP_ROOT = '/home/discourse/discourse'
-num_workers = ENV["NUM_WEBS"].to_i > 0 ? ENV["NUM_WEBS"].to_i : 4
+if ENV['RAILS_ENV']=='production'
 
-# Second, you can choose how many threads that you are going to run at same time.
-workers "#{num_workers}"
-threads 8,32
+  # First, you need to change these below to your situation.
+  APP_ROOT = '/home/discourse/discourse'
+  num_workers = ENV["NUM_WEBS"].to_i > 0 ? ENV["NUM_WEBS"].to_i : 4
 
-# Unless you know what you are changing, do not change them.
-bind  "unix://#{APP_ROOT}/tmp/sockets/puma.sock"
-stdout_redirect "#{APP_ROOT}/log/puma.log","#{APP_ROOT}/log/puma.err.log"
-pidfile "#{APP_ROOT}/tmp/pids/puma.pid"
-state_path "#{APP_ROOT}/tmp/pids/puma.state"
-daemonize true
-preload_app!
+  # Second, you can choose how many threads that you are going to run at same time.
+  workers "#{num_workers}"
+  threads 8,32
+
+  # Unless you know what you are changing, do not change them.
+  bind  "unix://#{APP_ROOT}/tmp/sockets/puma.sock"
+  stdout_redirect "#{APP_ROOT}/log/puma.log","#{APP_ROOT}/log/puma.err.log"
+  pidfile "#{APP_ROOT}/tmp/pids/puma.pid"
+  state_path "#{APP_ROOT}/tmp/pids/puma.state"
+  daemonize true
+  preload_app!
+
+end