diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_next_server.yml b/.github/workflows/test_next_server.yml
index 538a435b..aa815983 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_next_server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_next_server.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,5 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run tests
       run: pnpm test
-
-    - name: Build
-      run: pnpm build
\ No newline at end of file
+      env:
+        NEXT_PUBLIC_IS_CI: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/www/app/lib/edgeConfig.ts b/www/app/lib/edgeConfig.ts
index 5efcb837..5abdc38e 100644
--- a/www/app/lib/edgeConfig.ts
+++ b/www/app/lib/edgeConfig.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ export async function getConfig() {
     return require("../../config-template").localConfig;
   }
 
-  if (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENV === "development" && !isCI) {
-    return require("../../config").localConfig;
+  if (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENV === "development") {
+    const configPath = "../../config";
+    return require(configPath).localConfig;
   }
 
   let config = await get(edgeDomainToKey(domain));
diff --git a/www/app/lib/next.ts b/www/app/lib/next.ts
index eb8d17ab..4cfea998 100644
--- a/www/app/lib/next.ts
+++ b/www/app/lib/next.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 // 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.CI === "true" || process.env.IS_CI === "true";
+export const isCI =
+  process.env.CI === "true" ||
+  process.env.IS_CI === "true" ||
+  process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_IS_CI === "true";