diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index e8a539eed..c64471a5f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ install:
   - ps: "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION = (& c:\\Python27\\python .\\src\\config\\version.py) + \"+\" + $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER"
   - ps: "get-childitem env:"
   - ps: "$env:PYTEST_QT_API=\"pyqt4v2\""
+  - ps: "$env:FAF_FORCE_PRODUCTION=true"
   - "%PYTHON%\\Scripts\\pip.exe install -r requirements.txt --trusted-host content.faforever.com"
 
 test_script:
diff --git a/src/config/__init__.py b/src/config/__init__.py
index 11b07aa81..d2e50a15d 100644
--- a/src/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/config/__init__.py
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ def is_development_version():
                                or hasattr(sys, 'frozen')
                             else 'development')
 
+if _settings.contains('client/force_environment'):
+    environment = _settings.value('client/force_environment')
+
 if environment == 'production':
     from production import defaults