diff --git a/config/php/fpm/standardebooks.org.conf b/config/php/fpm/standardebooks.org.conf
index e7867cec..dcc06c65 100644
--- a/config/php/fpm/standardebooks.org.conf
+++ b/config/php/fpm/standardebooks.org.conf
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ slowlog = /var/log/local/php-fpm-slow.log
 catch_workers_output = yes
 
 php_admin_value[include_path] = /standardebooks.org/web/lib
+
+env[SITE_STATUS] = "live"
diff --git a/config/php/fpm/standardebooks.test.conf b/config/php/fpm/standardebooks.test.conf
index 230c05f3..a80d6eb4 100644
--- a/config/php/fpm/standardebooks.test.conf
+++ b/config/php/fpm/standardebooks.test.conf
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ slowlog = /var/log/local/php-fpm-slow.log
 catch_workers_output = yes
 
 php_admin_value[include_path] = /standardebooks.org/web/lib:/standardebooks.org/web/vendor
+
+env[SITE_STATUS] = "dev"
diff --git a/lib/Core.php b/lib/Core.php
index eb8e2b06..f98755c2 100644
--- a/lib/Core.php
+++ b/lib/Core.php
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ set_exception_handler(function(Throwable $ex): void{
 	throw $ex; // Send the exception back to PHP for its usual logging routine.
 });
 
-$GLOBALS['DbConnection'] = new DbConnection(DATABASE_DEFAULT_DATABASE, DATABASE_DEFAULT_HOST);
+#$GLOBALS['DbConnection'] = new DbConnection(DATABASE_DEFAULT_DATABASE, DATABASE_DEFAULT_HOST);