diff --git a/roles/etherpad/templates/etherpad.service b/roles/etherpad/templates/etherpad.service
index ae128af..c2cb06e 100644
--- a/roles/etherpad/templates/etherpad.service
+++ b/roles/etherpad/templates/etherpad.service
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Restart=always
 RestartSec=10s
 ExecStart=/opt/etherpad/src/bin/run.sh /var/log/etherpad.log
 User=etherpad
+Environment="NODE_ENV=production"
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target