diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a99a61de..81e409a2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "watch:main": "node scripts/watch_main_and_preload.js",
     "watch:renderer": "webpack-dev-server --config webpack.config.renderer.js",
     "test": "npm-run-all test:* lint:*",
-    "test:app": "npm run build && mocha -r babel-register --reporter mocha-circleci-reporter --recursive test/specs",
+    "test:app": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production npm run build && mocha -r babel-register --reporter mocha-circleci-reporter --recursive test/specs",
     "package:all": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production npm-run-all check-build-config package:windows package:mac package:linux",
     "package:windows": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production npm-run-all check-build-config build && build --win --x64 --ia32 --config.extraMetadata.name=mattermost --publish=never && npm run manipulate-windows-zip",
     "package:mac": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production npm-run-all check-build-config build && build --mac --publish=never",