diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d4612250..12172639a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "test": "npm run-script standard && npm run-script jsonlint",
     "jsonlint": "find . -not -path './node_modules/*' -type f -name '*.json' -o -type f -name '*.json.example' | while read json; do echo $json ; jq . $json; done",
     "standard": "node ./node_modules/standard/bin/cmd.js",
-    "dev": "webpack --config webpack.config.js --progress --colors --watch",
+    "dev": "webpack --config webpack.config.js --mode=production --progress --colors --watch",
     "build": "webpack --config webpack.production.js --progress --colors --bail",
     "postinstall": "bin/heroku",
     "start": "node app.js",