diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
index b1dc85fcee..dc235d3140 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 					options.SerializerSettings.Converters = new[] { new VersionConverter() };
 				});
 
-			if (hostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
+			if (postSetupServices.GeneralConfiguration.HostApiDocumemtation)
 			{
 				static string GetDocumentationFilePath(string assemblyLocation) => IOManager.ConcatPath(IOManager.GetDirectoryName(assemblyLocation), String.Concat(IOManager.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(assemblyLocation), ".xml"));
 				var assemblyDocumentationPath = GetDocumentationFilePath(typeof(Application).Assembly.Location);
@@ -396,8 +396,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 			// suppress OperationCancelledExceptions, they are just aborted HTTP requests
 			applicationBuilder.UseCancelledRequestSuppression();
 
-			if (hostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment()
-				|| generalConfiguration.HostApiDocumemtation)
+			if (generalConfiguration.HostApiDocumemtation)
 			{
 				applicationBuilder.UseSwagger();
 				applicationBuilder.UseSwaggerUI(c => c.SwaggerEndpoint("/swagger/v1/swagger.json", "TGS API V4"));
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/TestingServer.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/TestingServer.cs
index c061a0f9f3..a3181cf3cc 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/TestingServer.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/TestingServer.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests
 				String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "General:MinimumPasswordLength={0}", 10),
 				String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "General:InstanceLimit={0}", 11),
 				String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "General:UserLimit={0}", 150),
+				String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "General:HostApiDocumentation={0}", DumpOpenApiSpecpath),
 				String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "FileLogging:Directory={0}", Path.Combine(Directory, "Logs")),
 				String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "FileLogging:LogLevel={0}", "Trace"),
 				String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "General:ValidInstancePaths:0={0}", Directory),