diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index c4a943e51c..c9cc2bac73 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DB_DATABASE=panel
 DB_USERNAME=pterodactyl
 DB_PASSWORD=
 
-CACHE_DRIVER=file
+CACHE_DRIVER=
 SESSION_DRIVER=
 
 HASHIDS_SALT=
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Environment/AppSettingsCommand.php b/app/Console/Commands/Environment/AppSettingsCommand.php
index fb74e84a10..c3ad1cfc90 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Environment/AppSettingsCommand.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Environment/AppSettingsCommand.php
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ class AppSettingsCommand extends Command
                             {--queue= : The queue driver backend to use.}
                             {--redis-host= : Redis host to use for connections.}
                             {--redis-pass= : Password used to connect to redis.}
-                            {--redis-port= : Port to connect to redis over.}';
+                            {--redis-port= : Port to connect to redis over.}
+                            {--disable-settings-ui}';
 
     /**
      * @var array
@@ -135,8 +136,12 @@ public function handle()
             self::ALLOWED_QUEUE_DRIVERS,
             array_key_exists($selected, self::ALLOWED_QUEUE_DRIVERS) ? $selected : null
         );
-        
-        $this->variables['APP_ENVIRONMENT_ONLY'] = false;
+
+        if ($this->option('disable-settings-ui')) {
+            $this->variables['APP_ENVIRONMENT_ONLY'] = true;
+        } else {
+            $this->variables['APP_ENVIRONMENT_ONLY'] = ! $this->confirm(trans('command/messages.environment.app.settings'), true);
+        }
 
         $this->checkForRedis();
         $this->writeToEnvironment($this->variables);
diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index fdc7e2ac17..d9aee55e21 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ public function boot()
         View::share('appIsGit', $this->versionData()['is_git'] ?? false);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Register application service providers.
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+        // Only load the settings service provider if the environment
+        // is configured to allow it.
+        if (! config('pterodactyl.load_environment_only', false) && $this->app->environment() !== 'testing') {
+            $this->app->register(SettingsServiceProvider::class);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return version information for the footer.
      *
diff --git a/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php
index 40802f5c6b..060b138804 100644
--- a/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/SettingsServiceProvider.php
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ class SettingsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     public function boot(ConfigRepository $config, Encrypter $encrypter, SettingsRepositoryInterface $settings)
     {
-        if ($config->get('pterodactyl.load_environment_only', false)) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         // Only set the email driver settings from the database if we
         // are configured using SMTP as the driver.
         if ($config->get('mail.driver') === 'smtp') {
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index 5ffe58f210..4a8de1e36a 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@
         /*
          * Application Service Providers...
          */
-        Pterodactyl\Providers\SettingsServiceProvider::class,
         Pterodactyl\Providers\AppServiceProvider::class,
         Pterodactyl\Providers\AuthServiceProvider::class,
         Pterodactyl\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 26ecd5b4f6..3cea5b81a5 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@
         <env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="array"/>
         <env name="QUEUE_DRIVER" value="sync"/>
         <env name="MAIL_DRIVER" value="array"/>
-        <env name="APP_ENVIRONMENT_ONLY" value="true"/>
     </php>
 </phpunit>
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/command/messages.php b/resources/lang/en/command/messages.php
index ec092eee7c..77f67c6636 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/command/messages.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/command/messages.php
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-/**
- * Pterodactyl - Panel
- * Copyright (c) 2015 - 2017 Dane Everitt <dane@daneeveritt.com>.
- *
- * This software is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.
- * https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
- */
 
 return [
     'location' => [
@@ -74,6 +67,7 @@
             'try_again' => 'Go back and try again?',
         ],
         'app' => [
+            'settings' => 'Enable UI based settings editor?',
             'author' => 'Egg Author Email',
             'author_help' => 'Provide the email address that eggs exported by this Panel should be from. This should be a valid email address.',
             'app_url_help' => 'The application URL MUST begin with https:// or http:// depending on if you are using SSL or not. If you do not include the scheme your emails and other content will link to the wrong location.',
diff --git a/resources/themes/pterodactyl/partials/admin/settings/nav.blade.php b/resources/themes/pterodactyl/partials/admin/settings/nav.blade.php
index 5f8937107f..9f1ace7f31 100644
--- a/resources/themes/pterodactyl/partials/admin/settings/nav.blade.php
+++ b/resources/themes/pterodactyl/partials/admin/settings/nav.blade.php
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+@include('partials/admin.settings.notice')
+
 @section('settings::nav')
+    @yield('settings::notice')
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-xs-12">
             <div class="nav-tabs-custom nav-tabs-floating">
diff --git a/resources/themes/pterodactyl/partials/admin/settings/notice.blade.php b/resources/themes/pterodactyl/partials/admin/settings/notice.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f9063f195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/themes/pterodactyl/partials/admin/settings/notice.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+@section('settings::notice')
+    @if(config('pterodactyl.load_environment_only', false))
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-xs-12">
+                <div class="alert alert-danger">
+                    Your Panel is currently configured to read settings from the environment only. You will need to set <code>LOAD_ENVIRONMENT_ONLY=false</code> in your environment file in order to load settings dynamically.
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    @endif
+@endsection