diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.env b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.env
index 8482e2c2e4..04ed4bb518 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.env
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # Copy this to .env.local and change what you want to test.
+VITE_UMBRACO_USE_MSW=on # on = turns on MSW, off = disables all mock handlers
 VITE_UMBRACO_INSTALL_STATUS=running # running or must-install or must-upgrade
 VITE_UMBRACO_INSTALL_PRECONFIGURED=false
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.env.production b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.env.production
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c9e02472c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.env.production
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Copy this to .env.local and change what you want to test.
+VITE_UMBRACO_INSTALL_STATUS=running # running or must-install or must-upgrade
+VITE_UMBRACO_INSTALL_PRECONFIGURED=false
+VITE_UMBRACO_USE_MSW=off
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/index.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/index.ts
index 552ec4fcbe..02462f443b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import 'element-internals-polyfill';
+
 import { startMockServiceWorker } from './mocks/browser';
 
-startMockServiceWorker();
+if (import.meta.env.VITE_UMBRACO_USE_MSW === 'on') {
+	startMockServiceWorker();
+}
+
 import('./app');
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/vite-env.d.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/vite-env.d.ts
index 4da56923b2..23b8b24124 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/vite-env.d.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/vite-env.d.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 interface ImportMetaEnv {
 	VITE_UMBRACO_INSTALL_STATUS: 'running' | 'must-upgrade' | 'must-install';
 	VITE_UMBRACO_INSTALL_PRECONFIGURED: string;
+	VITE_UMBRACO_USE_MSW: 'on' | 'off';
 }