diff --git a/browserid/app.js b/browserid/app.js
index 74c831bd349cb1b739305ad7be73230203c42d52..9a12c9324b777500c1ec4561a44b183ae3dfde24 100644
--- a/browserid/app.js
+++ b/browserid/app.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ function internal_redirector(new_url) {
 function router(app) {
   app.set("views", __dirname + '/views'); 
 
+  app.set('view options', { production: exports.production });
+
   // this should probably be an internal redirect
   // as soon as relative paths are figured out.
   app.get('/sign_in', function(req, res, next ){