diff --git a/ippisite/ippisite/settings.py b/ippisite/ippisite/settings.py
index cf109b6a0c1f0c29fd592b9e1ec0d704aaa2bd82..73a43a7bef11e1e7bb9a0943837097f89e58a035 100644
--- a/ippisite/ippisite/settings.py
+++ b/ippisite/ippisite/settings.py
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ SECRET_KEY = config(
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = config("DJANGO_DEBUG", default="False").upper() == "TRUE"
 
-SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK = True
-
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = [s.strip() for s in config("ALLOWED_HOSTS", default="*").split(",")] + [
     gethostbyname(gethostname()),
 ]  # for k8s probe compatibility
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "crispy_bootstrap4",
     "live_settings",
     "formtools",
-    "debug_toolbar",
     # "mod_wsgi.server",
     "django.contrib.sites",
     "allauth",
@@ -95,10 +92,16 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
-    "debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware",
     "maintenance_mode.middleware.MaintenanceModeMiddleware",
     "allauth.account.middleware.AccountMiddleware",
 ]
+SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK = False
+
+if DEBUG:
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ["debug_toolbar"]
+    MIDDLEWARE += ["debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware"]
+
+    SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK = True
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = "ippisite.urls"