diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c6ea7ff95..ec4fa4f11 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ RUN mkdir -p /home/baget /home/baget/.nuget/NuGet &&\
     useradd -d /home/baget -s /bin/bash -u 1000 -g baget baget &&\
     chown -R baget:baget /home/baget /var/baget/
 
-ENV ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development \
+ENV ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production \
     ApiKeyHash=658489D79E218D2474D049E8729198D86DB0A4AF43981686A31C7DCB02DC0900 \
     Storage__Type=FileSystem \
     Storage__Path=/var/baget/packages \
+    Database__RunMigrations=true \
     Database__Type=Sqlite \
     Database__ConnectionString="Data Source=/var/baget/db/sqlite.db" \
     Search__Type=Database
diff --git a/src/BaGet.Core/Configuration/DatabaseOptions.cs b/src/BaGet.Core/Configuration/DatabaseOptions.cs
index 570426c21..cc8be9111 100644
--- a/src/BaGet.Core/Configuration/DatabaseOptions.cs
+++ b/src/BaGet.Core/Configuration/DatabaseOptions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {
     public class DatabaseOptions
     {
+        public bool RunMigrations { get; set; } 
         public DatabaseType Type { get; set; }
         public string ConnectionString { get; set; }
     }
diff --git a/src/BaGet/Startup.cs b/src/BaGet/Startup.cs
index 047501717..24eb143e8 100644
--- a/src/BaGet/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/BaGet/Startup.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using BaGet.Configurations;
+using BaGet.Core.Configuration;
 using BaGet.Core.Entities;
 using BaGet.Extensions;
 using BaGet.Web.Extensions;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
 namespace BaGet
 {
@@ -32,11 +34,15 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
             {
                 app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
                 app.UseStatusCodePages();
+            }
 
-                // Run migrations automatically in development mode.
+            // Run migrations if enabled
+            var databaseOptions = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IOptions<BaGetOptions>>()
+                    .Value
+                    .Database;
+            if(databaseOptions.RunMigrations) {
                 var scopeFactory = app.ApplicationServices
                     .GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>();
-
                 using (var scope = scopeFactory.CreateScope())
                 {
                     scope.ServiceProvider
diff --git a/src/BaGet/appsettings.json b/src/BaGet/appsettings.json
index 8378b5000..396ac1341 100644
--- a/src/BaGet/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/BaGet/appsettings.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "ApiKeyHash": "",
 
   "Database": {
+    "RunMigrations": true,
     "Type": "Sqlite",
     "ConnectionString": "Data Source=baget.db"
   },