diff --git a/app/src/dns.ts b/app/src/dns.ts
index ba3e2aa..5e24683 100644
--- a/app/src/dns.ts
+++ b/app/src/dns.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const host = hostRaw.toString().trim()
 let dnsInit = false
 
 export async function initDNS() {
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") return
     dnsInit = true
 
     apps().forEach(publishAppDNS)
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@ export async function initDNS() {
 }
 
 export function publishAppDNS(app: string) {
-    if (!dnsInit) throw "publishAppDNS() must be called after initDNS()"
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") return
+    if (!dnsInit) throw "publishAppDNS() must be called after initDNS()"
 
     if (!dnsEntries[app])
         dnsEntries[app] = Bun.spawn(["avahi-publish", "-a", `${app}.${host}.local`, "-R", ip])