diff --git a/config/initializers/1_hosts.rb b/config/initializers/1_hosts.rb
index 6ff0845c4..a38625ada 100644
--- a/config/initializers/1_hosts.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/1_hosts.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ web_host = ENV.fetch('WEB_DOMAIN') { host }
 alternate_domains = ENV.fetch('ALTERNATE_DOMAINS') { '' }.split(/\s*,\s*/)
 
 Rails.application.configure do
-  https = Rails.env.production? || ENV['LOCAL_HTTPS'] == 'true'
+  https = ENV['LOCAL_HTTPS'] != 'false'
 
   config.x.local_domain = host
   config.x.web_domain   = web_host