diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 39d9a71ba..ec3c1783a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 sync.sh
 *.p12
 *.swp
+.htaccess
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 7d8fe56dd..fafe2d90f 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
  * NOTE: If you change these, also change the error_reporting() code below
  */
 	#define('ENVIRONMENT', isset($_SERVER['CI_ENV']) ? $_SERVER['CI_ENV'] : 'development');
-	define('ENVIRONMENT', 'development');
+	define('ENVIRONMENT', 'production');
 
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------