diff --git a/apps/epp_proxy/src/epp_proxy_sup.erl b/apps/epp_proxy/src/epp_proxy_sup.erl
index d01cd0d..a8c7bfe 100644
--- a/apps/epp_proxy/src/epp_proxy_sup.erl
+++ b/apps/epp_proxy/src/epp_proxy_sup.erl
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 -export([init/1]).
 
 -define(SERVER, ?MODULE).
+-define(DevMode, application:get_env(epp_proxy, dev_mode)).
 -define(TCPPort,
         case application:get_env(epp_proxy, tcp_port) of
             undefined -> undefined;
@@ -56,7 +57,11 @@ init([]) ->
             type => supervisor,
             modules => [epp_pool_supervisor],
             start => {epp_pool_supervisor, start_link, []}},
-    {ok, {SupFlags, [TCPAcceptor, TLSAcceptor, PoolSupervisor]}}.
+    ChildrenSpec = case ?DevMode of
+                       {ok, true}  -> [TCPAcceptor, TLSAcceptor, PoolSupervisor];
+                       _  -> [TLSAcceptor, PoolSupervisor]
+                       end,
+    {ok, {SupFlags, ChildrenSpec}}.
 
 %%====================================================================
 %% Internal functions
diff --git a/config/sys.config b/config/sys.config
index 6a65ff1..6d5dfa1 100644
--- a/config/sys.config
+++ b/config/sys.config
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [
-  {epp_proxy, [{tcp_port, 1700},
+  {epp_proxy, [{dev_mode, false},
+               {tcp_port, 1700},
                {tls_port, 700},
                {epp_session_url, "https://registry.test/epp/session/"},
                {epp_command_url, "https://registry.test/epp/command/"},
diff --git a/config/test.config b/config/test.config
index 7274b21..5492d79 100644
--- a/config/test.config
+++ b/config/test.config
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [
-  {epp_proxy, [{tcp_port, 3333},
+  {epp_proxy, [{dev_mode, false},
+               {tcp_port, 3333},
                {tls_port, 4444},
                {epp_session_url, "https://registry.test/epp/session/"},
                {epp_command_url, "https://registry.test/epp/command/"},