diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7fcd90fc..7379322e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ const optionDefinitions = [
   { name: 'port', alias: 'p', type: String },
   { name: 'host', alias: 'h', type: String },
   { name: 'source', alias: 's', type: String },
-  { name: 'dev', alias: 'd', type: Boolean }
+  { name: 'dev', alias: 'd', type: Boolean },
+  // Run in production mode and use dev.js config
+  { name: 'prod-with-dev-env', alias: 'r', type: Boolean }
 ]
 
 const commandLineArgs = require('./server/libs/commandLineArgs')
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ const server = require('./server/Server')
 global.appRoot = __dirname
 
 const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
-if (isDev) {
+if (isDev || options['prod-with-dev-env']) {
   const devEnv = require('./dev').config
   if (devEnv.Port) process.env.PORT = devEnv.Port
   if (devEnv.ConfigPath) process.env.CONFIG_PATH = devEnv.ConfigPath
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6229a18b..2fd1a87e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "nodemon --watch server index.js -- --dev",
     "start": "node index.js",
+    "start-dev": "node index.js --prod-with-dev-env",
     "client": "cd client && npm ci && npm run generate",
     "prod": "npm run client && npm ci && node index.js",
     "build-win": "npm run client && pkg -t node20-win-x64 -o ./dist/win/audiobookshelf -C GZip .",