diff --git a/src/custom-resources.js b/src/custom-resources.js
index 8be5cd2af7..1fe7bc3853 100644
--- a/src/custom-resources.js
+++ b/src/custom-resources.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { getFileHash } from "./hashes.js";
 const execFile = util.promisify(child_process.execFile);
 
 const NORMALIZED_SIZE = 128;
-const RESOURCE_CACHING = true;
+const RESOURCE_CACHING = process.env.NODE_ENV == "development" ? true : false;
 
 const FOLDER_PATH = getFolderPath();
 const RESOURCE_PACK_FOLDER = path.resolve(getFolderPath(), "..", "public", "resourcepacks");