diff --git a/client/src/index.html b/client/src/index.html
index 2f0ffbc95f..54c425ec73 100644
--- a/client/src/index.html
+++ b/client/src/index.html
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ <h4><a class="title-content" ui-sref="index.details">{{ AppCtrl.project.name }}<
 <!-- this is templated in with variables from gulp-template -->
 <script>
   angular.module('bhima')
-  .config(['$compileProvider', function ($compileProvider) {
-    $compileProvider.debugInfoEnabled(<%= isProduction %>);
-  }])
+    .config(['$compileProvider', function ($compileProvider) {
+      $compileProvider.debugInfoEnabled(<%= isDevelopment %>);
+    }])
 </script>
 
 </body>
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index bf26d4456f..2f66973bf3 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const exec = require('child_process').exec;
 
 // toggle client javascript minification
 const isProduction = (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production');
+const isDevelopment = (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production');
 
 // the output folder for built server files
 const SERVER_FOLDER = './bin/server/';
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ gulp.task('client-compute-hashes', ['client-compile-js', 'client-compile-vendor'
 
 gulp.task('client-compile-assets', ['client-mv-static', 'client-compute-hashes'], () =>
   gulp.src(paths.client.index)
-    .pipe(template({ isProduction: true }))
+    .pipe(template({ isProduction, isDevelopment }))
     .pipe(revReplace({ manifest: gulp.src(`${CLIENT_FOLDER}${MANIFEST_PATH}`) }))
     .pipe(gulp.dest(CLIENT_FOLDER))
 );
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 232ee9d788..d2f3386de7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   "description": "A rural hospital information management system.",
   "main": "sh/deploy.sh",
   "scripts": {
-    "app": "gulp build && cd bin && NODE_ENV=production node server/app.js",
-    "dev": "gulp build && cd bin && NODE_ENV=development node server/app.js",
+    "app": "NODE_ENV=production gulp build && cd bin && NODE_ENV=production node server/app.js",
+    "dev": "NODE_ENV=development gulp build && cd bin && NODE_ENV=development node server/app.js",
     "start": "sh/deploy.sh",
     "karma": "./node_modules/.bin/karma start --single-run --no-auto-watch --concurrency 1 karma.conf.js",
     "lint": "./sh/lint.sh",