diff --git a/swh/web/settings/production.py b/swh/web/settings/production.py
index 0821053a..9c533379 100644
--- a/swh/web/settings/production.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/production.py
@@ -1,64 +1,71 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2021  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2022  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 """
 Django production settings for swh-web.
 """
 
+from .common import (
+    CACHES,
+    DEBUG,
+    MIDDLEWARE,
+    REST_FRAMEWORK,
+    WEBPACK_LOADER,
+    swh_web_config,
+)
 from .common import *  # noqa
-from .common import CACHES, MIDDLEWARE, REST_FRAMEWORK, WEBPACK_LOADER, swh_web_config
 
 MIDDLEWARE += [
     "swh.web.common.middlewares.HtmlMinifyMiddleware",
 ]
 
 if swh_web_config.get("throttling", {}).get("cache_uri"):
     CACHES.update(
         {
             "default": {
                 "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache",
                 "LOCATION": swh_web_config["throttling"]["cache_uri"],
             }
         }
     )
 
 # Setup support for proxy headers
 USE_X_FORWARDED_HOST = True
 SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
 
 # We're going through seven (or, in that case, 2) proxies thanks to Varnish
 REST_FRAMEWORK["NUM_PROXIES"] = 2
 
 db_conf = swh_web_config["production_db"]
 if db_conf.get("name", "").startswith("postgresql://"):
     # poor man's support for dsn connection string...
     import psycopg2
 
     with psycopg2.connect(db_conf.get("name")) as cnx:
         dsn_dict = cnx.get_dsn_parameters()
 
     db_conf["name"] = dsn_dict.get("dbname")
     db_conf["host"] = dsn_dict.get("host")
     db_conf["port"] = dsn_dict.get("port")
     db_conf["user"] = dsn_dict.get("user")
     db_conf["password"] = dsn_dict.get("password")
 
 
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#databases
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
         "NAME": db_conf.get("name"),
         "HOST": db_conf.get("host"),
         "PORT": db_conf.get("port"),
         "USER": db_conf.get("user"),
         "PASSWORD": db_conf.get("password"),
     }
 }
 
-WEBPACK_LOADER["DEFAULT"]["CACHE"] = True
+WEBPACK_LOADER["DEFAULT"]["CACHE"] = not DEBUG
 
 LOGIN_URL = "/oidc/login/"
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "/oidc/profile/"