diff --git a/walkiddie_backend/settings.py b/walkiddie_backend/settings.py
index 23305a4d096f4d6ce18fe9bca69492925c9429ed..c3b7c433f9c68281385592e6bfed49f94f7b96c8 100644
--- a/walkiddie_backend/settings.py
+++ b/walkiddie_backend/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import dj_database_url
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
-PRODUCTION = os.environ.get('PRODUCTION') is not None
+PRODUCTION = os.environ.get('DATABASE_URL') is not None
 ACCOUNT_SERIALIZER = 'accounts.serializers.UserCreateSerializer'