diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5734c4e..347a106 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ test-cov cov: install pretest
 
 build:
 	@./node_modules/loader/bin/build views .
-	
+
 run:
 	@node app.js
 
 start: install build
-	@nohup ./node_modules/.bin/pm2 start app.js -i 0 --name "cnode" --max-memory-restart 400M >> cnode.log 2>&1 &
+	@NODE_ENV=production nohup ./node_modules/.bin/pm2 start app.js -i 0 --name "cnode" --max-memory-restart 400M >> cnode.log 2>&1 &
 
 restart: install build
-	@nohup ./node_modules/.bin/pm2 restart "cnode" >> cnode.log 2>&1 &
+	@NODE_ENV=production nohup ./node_modules/.bin/pm2 restart "cnode" >> cnode.log 2>&1 &
 
-.PHONY: install test cov test-cov build start restart
+.PHONY: install test cov test-cov build run start restart