diff --git a/gulpfile.babel.js b/gulpfile.babel.js
index adc91b3..0662c16 100644
--- a/gulpfile.babel.js
+++ b/gulpfile.babel.js
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ const POST_BUILD_STYLESHEET = `${SITE_ROOT}/assets/css/`;
 const PRE_BUILD_STYLESHEET = "./src/style.css";
 const TAILWIND_CONFIG = "./tailwind.config.js";
 
-const DEVELOPMENT_ENVIRONMENT = "development";
-const environment = process.env.NODE_ENV || DEVELOPMENT_ENVIRONMENT;
-const isDevelopmentBuild = environment === DEVELOPMENT_ENVIRONMENT;
-
 // Fix for Windows compatibility
 const isWindowsPlatform = process.platform === "win32";
 const jekyll = isWindowsPlatform ? "jekyll.bat" : "jekyll";
@@ -23,6 +19,8 @@ const spawn = isWindowsPlatform
   ? require("win-spawn")
   : require("child_process").spawn;
 
+const isDevelopmentBuild = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
+
 // Custom PurgeCSS Extractor for Tailwind CSS
 const purgeFromTailwind = content => content.match(/[\w-/:]+(?<!:)/g) || [];
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c5cfc8..8196ce5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build:production": "NODE_ENV=production gulp",
-    "build:dev": "gulp",
-    "dev": "gulp serve",
+    "build:dev": "NODE_ENV=development gulp",
+    "dev": "NODE_ENV=development gulp serve",
     "start": "npm run dev"
   },
   "repository": {