diff --git a/services/docker-compose.yml b/services/docker-compose.yml
--- a/services/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       context: ../
       args:
         - COMM_TEST_SERVICES=${COMM_TEST_SERVICES}
+        - COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=${COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE}
     image: commapp/tunnelbroker-server:0.2
     ports:
       - "${COMM_SERVICES_PORT_TUNNELBROKER}:50051"
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/Dockerfile b/services/tunnelbroker/Dockerfile
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 RUN ./install_libuv.sh
 
 ARG COMM_TEST_SERVICES
+ARG COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE
+
 ENV COMM_TEST_SERVICES=${COMM_TEST_SERVICES}
+ENV COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=${COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE}
 
 WORKDIR /transferred