diff --git a/src/common/util.ts b/src/common/util.ts
index 1169cb4a..1a9d1d4b 100644
--- a/src/common/util.ts
+++ b/src/common/util.ts
@@ -703,6 +703,10 @@ export function replaceAll(s:string, search:string, replace:string) : string {
   return s.split(search).join(replace);
 }
 
+export function isProductionHost() : boolean {
+  return typeof window != 'undefined' && window.location.host.endsWith('8bitworkshop.com');
+}
+
 export function getCookie(name: string) : string {
   var nameEQ = name + "=";
   var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
diff --git a/src/ide/settings.ts b/src/ide/settings.ts
index c9e7353d..154e7bdd 100644
--- a/src/ide/settings.ts
+++ b/src/ide/settings.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { closeBrackets, deleteBracketPair } from "@codemirror/autocomplete";
 import { indentUnit } from "@codemirror/language";
 import { Compartment, EditorState, Extension } from "@codemirror/state";
 import { EditorView, highlightSpecialChars, highlightTrailingWhitespace, highlightWhitespace, keymap } from "@codemirror/view";
+import { isProductionHost } from "../common/util";
 import { debugHighlightTagsTooltip } from "./views/debug";
 import { insertTabKeymap, smartIndentKeymap } from "./views/tabs";
 
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ export function applySettingsToAll(settings: EditorSettings) {
 
 export function openSettings() {
   var settings = loadSettings();
+  var showInternal = !isProductionHost();
   bootbox.dialog({
     onEscape: true,
     title: "Settings",
@@ -97,9 +99,11 @@ export function openSettings() {
        <div class="checkbox"><label><input type="checkbox" id="setting_highlightWhitespace" ${settings.highlightWhitespace ? 'checked' : ''}> Highlight whitespace</label></div>
        <div class="checkbox"><label><input type="checkbox" id="setting_highlightTrailingWhitespace" ${settings.highlightTrailingWhitespace ? 'checked' : ''}> Highlight unwanted trailing whitespace</label></div>
        <div class="checkbox"><label><input type="checkbox" id="setting_closeBrackets" ${settings.closeBrackets ? 'checked' : ''}> Automatically add and remove closing brackets</label></div>
+       ${showInternal ? `
        <hr>
        <h5>8bitworkshop IDE internal settings</h5>
        <div class="checkbox"><label><input type="checkbox" id="setting_debugHighlightTags" ${settings.debugHighlightTags ? 'checked' : ''}> Debug editor syntax highlighting tags</label></div>
+       ` : ''}
       </form>`,
     buttons: {
       cancel: {
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ export function openSettings() {
           settings.highlightWhitespace = $('#setting_highlightWhitespace').is(':checked');
           settings.highlightTrailingWhitespace = $('#setting_highlightTrailingWhitespace').is(':checked');
           settings.closeBrackets = $('#setting_closeBrackets').is(':checked');
-          settings.debugHighlightTags = $('#setting_debugHighlightTags').is(':checked');
+          if (showInternal) settings.debugHighlightTags = $('#setting_debugHighlightTags').is(':checked');
           saveSettings(settings);
           applySettingsToAll(settings);
         }
diff --git a/src/ide/ui.ts b/src/ide/ui.ts
index 60f9a97c..8021ac85 100644
--- a/src/ide/ui.ts
+++ b/src/ide/ui.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { EmuHalt, PLATFORMS } from "../common/emu";
 import { StateRecorderImpl } from "../common/recorder";
 import {
   arrayCompare, byteArrayToUTF8, decodeQueryString, getBasePlatform, getCookie, getFilenameForPath, getFilenamePrefix,
-  getRootBasePlatform, getWithBinary, hex, highlightDifferences, isProbablyBinary, loadScript, parseBool, stringToByteArray
+  getRootBasePlatform, getWithBinary, hex, highlightDifferences, isProbablyBinary, isProductionHost, loadScript, parseBool, stringToByteArray
 } from "../common/util";
 import { getSkeletonName, getToolMeta } from "../common/toolmeta";
 import { FileData, WorkerError, WorkerResult } from "../common/workertypes";
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ async function showWelcomeMessage() {
         content: "This site works best on desktop browsers. For best results, rotate your device to landscape orientation."
       });
     }
-    if (window.location.host.endsWith('8bitworkshop.com')) {
+    if (isProductionHost()) {
       steps.unshift({
         element: "#dropdownMenuButton",
         placement: 'right',
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ function _switchToHTTPS() {
 }
 
 function redirectToHTTPS() {
-  if (window.location.protocol == 'http:' && window.location.host == '8bitworkshop.com') {
+  if (window.location.protocol == 'http:' && isProductionHost()) {
     if (shouldRedirectHTTPS()) {
       uninstallErrorHandler();
       window.location.replace(window.location.href.replace(/^http:/, 'https:'));