diff --git a/harness/local-ci-pipeline.sh b/harness/local-ci-pipeline.sh
index 3a13733..6eb6880 100755
--- a/harness/local-ci-pipeline.sh
+++ b/harness/local-ci-pipeline.sh
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ run_build() {
 }
 
 run_smoke_test() {
+  export GO_ENV="development"
   export MEV_BOT_ENCRYPTION_KEY="test_key_32_chars_minimum_length_required"
   run_step "smoke-test" timeout 10s ./bin/mev-bot start || {
     if [[ $? -eq 124 ]]; then