diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 52552c7c81d832c82b44b8bcf3567a0d9cb481b3..49d758a428cdbbd9dd31275b628113fa47ff9189 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ RUN gulp build
 
 EXPOSE 3000
 
-CMD gulp
+CMD NODE_ENV=production gulp
diff --git a/gulpfile.babel.js b/gulpfile.babel.js
index 11e9416f87c8528c84d0bbb64f5312c8455215b4..32500420095cccb6a792b14ebe739bbfa16d4abc 100644
--- a/gulpfile.babel.js
+++ b/gulpfile.babel.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ gulp.task('run', () => {
         tasks: ['watch'],
         ignore: ["test/test.js", "gulpfile.babel.js"],
         ext: 'js html json',
-        env: { 'NODE_ENV': 'development' }
+        env: { 'NODE_ENV': process.env.NODE_ENV }
     });
 });