diff --git a/example_config.json b/example_config.json
index fae7721..539ee62 100644
--- a/example_config.json
+++ b/example_config.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "dev": true,
   "server": {
     "listen": "0.0.0.0",
     "port": 3000
diff --git a/libs/modep.js b/libs/modep.js
index 689447b..987ea2f 100644
--- a/libs/modep.js
+++ b/libs/modep.js
@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ async function parseCurrentPedalboard(currentPedalboard) {
     if (currentPedalboard.uri === undefined) {
         throw new Error('could not determine current pedalboard config file');
     }
-    // FAKE DATA
-    let file = path.resolve(path.dirname(__dirname) + '/dev/' + currentPedalboard.uri.substring(currentPedalboard.uri.lastIndexOf('/') + 1));
-    // let file = path.resolve(currentPedalboard.uri.replace('file://', ''));
+    let file = path.resolve(currentPedalboard.uri.replace('file://', ''));
+    if (global.config?.dev) {
+        file = path.resolve(path.dirname(__dirname) + '/dev/' + currentPedalboard.uri.substring(currentPedalboard.uri.lastIndexOf('/') + 1));
+    }
     const data = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         fs.readFile(file, (err, data) => {
             if (err) {