diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_next_server.yml b/.github/workflows/test_next_server.yml
index d6671bf6..98d2a71f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_next_server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_next_server.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run tests
       run: pnpm test
+      env:
+        IS_CI: "true"
 
     - name: Build
-      run: pnpm build
\ No newline at end of file
+      run: pnpm build
+      env:
+        IS_CI: "true"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/www/app/lib/edgeConfig.ts b/www/app/lib/edgeConfig.ts
index c680d781..15ec9689 100644
--- a/www/app/lib/edgeConfig.ts
+++ b/www/app/lib/edgeConfig.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { get } from "@vercel/edge-config";
 
-import { isBuildPhase } from "./next";
+import { isBuildPhase, isCI } from "./next";
 
 type EdgeConfig = {
   [domainWithDash: string]: {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function edgeDomainToKey(domain: string) {
 export async function getConfig() {
   const domain = new URL(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL!).hostname;
 
-  if (isBuildPhase) {
+  if (isCI) {
     // "noop"
     return require("../../config-template").localConfig;
   }
diff --git a/www/app/lib/next.ts b/www/app/lib/next.ts
index 91d88bd2..3409642c 100644
--- a/www/app/lib/next.ts
+++ b/www/app/lib/next.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 // next.js tries to run all the lib code during build phase; we don't always want it when e.g. we have connections initialized we don't want to have
 export const isBuildPhase = process.env.NEXT_PHASE?.includes("build");
+export const isCI = process.env.IS_CI === "true";