diff --git a/docusaurus/docs/get-started/set-up-development-environment.mdx b/docusaurus/docs/get-started/set-up-development-environment.mdx
index 3bcafb188..1e498677a 100644
--- a/docusaurus/docs/get-started/set-up-development-environment.mdx
+++ b/docusaurus/docs/get-started/set-up-development-environment.mdx
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./.config
       args:
-        development: "false"
+        development: ${DEVELOPMENT:-true}
 ```
 
 Doing that, the docker environment will only run grafana and load the content of your projects `dist` directory. Thefore before doing that you should build your plugin with `mage -v build:backend` and <SyncCommand cmd="run server" /> to generate the plugin files.
+In the example you can also use the `DEVELOPMENT` environment variable to control the development mode.
diff --git a/packages/create-plugin/templates/common/docker-compose.yaml b/packages/create-plugin/templates/common/docker-compose.yaml
index cecd3156f..4e8f026d7 100644
--- a/packages/create-plugin/templates/common/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/packages/create-plugin/templates/common/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ services:
       args:
         grafana_image: ${GRAFANA_IMAGE:-{{~grafanaImage~}} }
         grafana_version: ${GRAFANA_VERSION:-{{~grafanaVersion~}} }
+        development: ${DEVELOPMENT:-true}
     ports:
       - 3000:3000/tcp
 {{#if hasBackend}}
diff --git a/packages/create-plugin/templates/github/ci/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/packages/create-plugin/templates/github/ci/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 78183f739..88badc6fe 100644
--- a/packages/create-plugin/templates/github/ci/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/packages/create-plugin/templates/github/ci/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Start Grafana
         run: |
           docker-compose pull
-          GRAFANA_VERSION=$\{{ matrix.GRAFANA_IMAGE.VERSION }} GRAFANA_IMAGE=$\{{ matrix.GRAFANA_IMAGE.NAME }} docker-compose up -d
+          DEVELOPMENT=false GRAFANA_VERSION=$\{{ matrix.GRAFANA_IMAGE.VERSION }} GRAFANA_IMAGE=$\{{ matrix.GRAFANA_IMAGE.NAME }} docker-compose up -d
 
       - name: Wait for Grafana to start
         uses: nev7n/wait_for_response@v1