diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b60de508..86b88362 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ npm-debug.log
 *.tgz
 coverage/
 *.save
+.test
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 503d4be0..e44b710a 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ assets
 *.tgz
 jsdoc.json
 docs/
+.test
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 84f0d7f1..986bc6ca 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ node_js:
 addons:
   code_climate:
     repo_token: 248135f96061f77d2e5f78526432fd096785d2914d8f5a73a04c061000939d5d
+env:
+  - NODE_ENV=test
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e5df38e0..dd99642f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 FROM  mhart/alpine-node:7
 ENV storage__path /var/data/skyring
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
 COPY . /opt/skyring
 WORKDIR /opt/skyring
 RUN apk update && \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dist b/Dockerfile.dist
index 357772b1..b65c2b5e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dist
+++ b/Dockerfile.dist
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ FROM  mhart/alpine-node:7
 ADD skyring.tgz /opt
 WORKDIR /opt/skyring
 ENV storage__path /var/data/skyring
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
 RUN mkdir -p /var/data/skyring
 VOLUME /var/data/skyring
 CMD ["node", "index.js"]