diff --git a/packages/worker/src/index.ts b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
index 5a35b603..0706dcdd 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/index.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const main = async () => {
     logger.info('Generating system env file...');
     const envMap = await generateSystemEnvFile();
 
-    if (envMap.get('ALLOW_ERROR_MONITORING') === 'true') {
+    if (envMap.get('ALLOW_ERROR_MONITORING') === 'true' && envMap.get('NODE_ENV') === 'production') {
       logger.info('Anonymous error monitoring is enabled, to disable it add "allowErrorMonitoring": false to your settings.json file');
       setupSentry();
     }
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/lib/system/system.helpers.ts b/packages/worker/src/lib/system/system.helpers.ts
index f390b70d..ed323251 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/lib/system/system.helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/lib/system/system.helpers.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type EnvKeys =
   | 'TIPI_GID'
   | 'TIPI_UID'
   | 'ALLOW_ERROR_MONITORING'
+  | 'NODE_ENV'
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
   | (string & {});
 
diff --git a/sentry.client.config.ts b/sentry.client.config.ts
index e90b0886..f08f44f1 100644
--- a/sentry.client.config.ts
+++ b/sentry.client.config.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const getClientConfig = () => {
   return parsedSettings;
 };
 
-if (getClientConfig().allowErrorMonitoring) {
+if (getClientConfig().allowErrorMonitoring && process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
   Sentry.init({
     environment: process.env.NODE_ENV,
     dsn: 'https://7a73d72f886948478b55621e7b92c3c7@o4504242900238336.ingest.sentry.io/4504826587971584',
diff --git a/sentry.edge.config.ts b/sentry.edge.config.ts
index 18dc3330..67436459 100644
--- a/sentry.edge.config.ts
+++ b/sentry.edge.config.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs';
 import { TipiConfig } from '@/server/core/TipiConfig';
 import { cleanseErrorData } from '@runtipi/shared/src/helpers/error-helpers';
 
-if (TipiConfig.getConfig().allowErrorMonitoring) {
+if (TipiConfig.getConfig().allowErrorMonitoring && TipiConfig.getConfig().NODE_ENV === 'production') {
   Sentry.init({
     environment: TipiConfig.getConfig().NODE_ENV,
     dsn: 'https://7a73d72f886948478b55621e7b92c3c7@o4504242900238336.ingest.sentry.io/4504826587971584',
diff --git a/sentry.server.config.ts b/sentry.server.config.ts
index 91046954..a939ff57 100644
--- a/sentry.server.config.ts
+++ b/sentry.server.config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/nextjs';
 import { TipiConfig } from '@/server/core/TipiConfig';
 import { cleanseErrorData } from '@runtipi/shared/src/helpers/error-helpers';
 
-if (TipiConfig.getConfig().allowErrorMonitoring) {
+if (TipiConfig.getConfig().allowErrorMonitoring && TipiConfig.getConfig().NODE_ENV === 'production') {
   Sentry.init({
     environment: TipiConfig.getConfig().NODE_ENV,
     dsn: 'https://7a73d72f886948478b55621e7b92c3c7@o4504242900238336.ingest.sentry.io/4504826587971584',