diff --git a/playground/.env b/playground/.env
index 8739b9b0..ed603803 100644
--- a/playground/.env
+++ b/playground/.env
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 AGENT_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8080
-TEN_DEV_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:49483
\ No newline at end of file
+TEN_DEV_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:49483
+EDIT_GRAPH_MODE=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playground/src/common/constant.ts b/playground/src/common/constant.ts
index b27692fb..2257ccdb 100644
--- a/playground/src/common/constant.ts
+++ b/playground/src/common/constant.ts
@@ -130,5 +130,4 @@ export const isLLM = (extensionName: string) => {
   return extensionName === "llm" || extensionName === "v2v";
 }
 
-// export const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
-export const isProduction = true;
\ No newline at end of file
+export const isEditModeOn = process.env.EDIT_GRAPH_MODE === "true";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playground/src/components/Chat/ChatCard.tsx b/playground/src/components/Chat/ChatCard.tsx
index 9940a18d..f63e2344 100644
--- a/playground/src/components/Chat/ChatCard.tsx
+++ b/playground/src/components/Chat/ChatCard.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   useAppSelector,
   GRAPH_OPTIONS,
   isRagGraph,
-  isProduction,
+  isEditModeOn,
 } from "@/common";
 import {
   setRtmConnected,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export default function ChatCard(props: { className?: string }) {
           <div className="flex w-full flex-wrap items-center justify-end gap-x-2 gap-y-2">
             <RemoteGraphSelect />
             {
-              !isProduction ? (
+              isEditModeOn ? (
                 <>
                   <RemoteModuleCfgSheet />
                   <RemotePropertyCfgSheet />
diff --git a/playground/src/store/reducers/global.ts b/playground/src/store/reducers/global.ts
index 77bb8aa1..a94dca13 100644
--- a/playground/src/store/reducers/global.ts
+++ b/playground/src/store/reducers/global.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   EMobileActiveTab,
   DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
   COLOR_LIST,
-  isProduction
+  isEditModeOn
 } from "@/common/constant";
 import {
   apiReloadPackage,
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ let initializeGraphData;
 // Fetch graph details
 let fetchGraphDetails;
 
-if (!isProduction) {
+if (isEditModeOn) {
   // only for development, below requests depend on dev-server
   initializeGraphData = createAsyncThunk(
     "global/initializeGraphData",