diff --git a/src/org/lineageos/updater/misc/Utils.java b/src/org/lineageos/updater/misc/Utils.java
index 3ed81f42e4c46f07192c2d4d34d3057919ad99f1..497b635fa0584a9e1b06e82a28548a79d45c0097 100644
--- a/src/org/lineageos/updater/misc/Utils.java
+++ b/src/org/lineageos/updater/misc/Utils.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import android.os.Environment;
 import android.os.StatFs;
 import android.os.SystemProperties;
 import android.os.storage.StorageManager;
+import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ public class Utils {
 
         String serverUrl = "";
         if (retrieveStatus(context) != null) {
-            if (retrieveStatus(context).equals("true")) {
+            if (retrieveStatus(context).equals("true") && isDevModeOn(context)) {
                 serverUrl = context.getString(R.string.ota_staging_server_url);
                 return serverUrl.replace("{device}", device)
                         .replace("{type}", type)
@@ -458,6 +459,11 @@ public class Utils {
         return isAB;
     }
 
+    public static boolean isDevModeOn(Context context) {
+        return Settings.Secure.getInt(context.getContentResolver(),
+                Settings.Global.DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS_ENABLED , 0) == 1;
+    }
+
     public static boolean hasTouchscreen(Context context) {
         return context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN);
     }