diff --git a/PlexPy.py b/PlexPy.py
index 258233a3..027692eb 100755
--- a/PlexPy.py
+++ b/PlexPy.py
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ def main():
         'http_port': http_port,
         'http_host': plexpy.CONFIG.HTTP_HOST,
         'http_root': plexpy.CONFIG.HTTP_ROOT,
+        'http_environment': plexpy.CONFIG.HTTP_ENVIRONMENT,
         'http_proxy': plexpy.CONFIG.HTTP_PROXY,
         'enable_https': plexpy.CONFIG.ENABLE_HTTPS,
         'https_cert': plexpy.CONFIG.HTTPS_CERT,
diff --git a/plexpy/config.py b/plexpy/config.py
index 6a872680..ceb12ca5 100644
--- a/plexpy/config.py
+++ b/plexpy/config.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ _CONFIG_DEFINITIONS = {
     'HTTPS_KEY': (str, 'General', ''),
     'HTTPS_DOMAIN': (str, 'General', 'localhost'),
     'HTTPS_IP': (str, 'General', '127.0.0.1'),
+    'HTTP_ENVIRONMENT': (str, 'General', 'production'),
     'HTTP_HOST': (str, 'General', '0.0.0.0'),
     'HTTP_PASSWORD': (str, 'General', ''),
     'HTTP_PORT': (int, 'General', 8181),
diff --git a/plexpy/webstart.py b/plexpy/webstart.py
index b1eae170..36760dd5 100644
--- a/plexpy/webstart.py
+++ b/plexpy/webstart.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def initialize(options):
     options_dict = {
         'server.socket_port': options['http_port'],
         'server.socket_host': options['http_host'],
+        'environment': options['http_environment'],
         'server.thread_pool': 10,
         'tools.encode.on': True,
         'tools.encode.encoding': 'utf-8',