diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/swagger/test_openapi_schema.py b/src/backend/core/tests/swagger/test_openapi_schema.py
index 8526c88..675d047 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/swagger/test_openapi_schema.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/swagger/test_openapi_schema.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_openapi_client_schema():
     """
     Generated and served OpenAPI client schema should be correct.
+    The spectacular command reloads test env.
     """
     # Start by generating the swagger.json file
     output = StringIO()
diff --git a/src/backend/people/settings.py b/src/backend/people/settings.py
index 4d3a25c..2a85948 100755
--- a/src/backend/people/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/people/settings.py
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ class Base(Configuration):
     """
 
     DEBUG = False
-    USE_SWAGGER = False
+    USE_SWAGGER = values.BooleanValue(
+        default=False,
+        environ_name="USE_SWAGGER",
+    )
 
     API_VERSION = "v1.0"
 
@@ -651,8 +654,6 @@ class Development(Base):
 
     SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = "people_sessionid"
 
-    USE_SWAGGER = True
-
     # this is a dev credentials for mail provisioning API
     MAIL_PROVISIONING_API_CREDENTIALS = "bGFfcmVnaWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ="