diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/recipes/default.rb
index 52d8e3b..98963d3 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/recipes/default.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ node.override['mediawiki']['tarball']['url']  = "https://releases.wikimedia.org/
 node.override['mediawiki']['language_code']   = 'en'
 node.override['mediawiki']['server_name']     = 'wiki.kosmos.org'
 node.override['mediawiki']['site_name']       = 'Kosmos Wiki'
-node.override['mediawiki']['server']          = "https://#{node['mediawiki']['server_name']}"
-
+protocol = node.chef_environment == "development" ? "http" : "https"
+node.override['mediawiki']['server']          = "#{protocol}://#{node['mediawiki']['server_name']}"
 mysql_credentials = Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.load('credentials', 'mysql')
 mediawiki_credentials = Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.load('credentials', 'mediawiki')
 
@@ -68,12 +68,8 @@ unless node.chef_environment == "development"
     notifies :reload, "service[nginx]", :delayed
   end
 end
-if File.exist? "/etc/letsencrypt/live/wiki.kosmos.org/fullchain.pem"
-  ssl_cert = "/etc/letsencrypt/live/wiki.kosmos.org/fullchain.pem"
-end
-if File.exist? "/etc/letsencrypt/live/wiki.kosmos.org/privkey.pem"
-  ssl_key = "/etc/letsencrypt/live/wiki.kosmos.org/privkey.pem"
-end
+ssl_cert = "/etc/letsencrypt/live/wiki.kosmos.org/fullchain.pem"
+ssl_key = "/etc/letsencrypt/live/wiki.kosmos.org/privkey.pem"
 template "#{node['nginx']['dir']}/sites-available/mediawiki" do
   source "nginx.conf.erb"
   variables(
@@ -175,12 +171,14 @@ $wgArticlePath = "/$1";
   end
 end
 
-node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["host"] = "localhost"
-node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["username"] = "root"
-node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["password"] = node["mediawiki"]["db"]["root_password"]
-unless node["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"].include? 'mediawikidb'
-  node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"] =
-    node["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"].to_a << "mediawikidb"
-end
+unless node.chef_environment == "development"
+  node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["host"] = "localhost"
+  node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["username"] = "root"
+  node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["password"] = node["mediawiki"]["db"]["root_password"]
+  unless node["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"].include? 'mediawikidb'
+    node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"] =
+      node["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"].to_a << "mediawikidb"
+  end
 
-include_recipe "backup"
+  include_recipe "backup"
+end
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
index 6b35e2a..863a5c4 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-mediawiki/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ server {
 
         location / {
                 try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
+                <% if File.exist?(@ssl_cert) && File.exist?(@ssl_key) -%>
                 set $redirect_to_ssl "no";
                 if ($ssl_protocol = "") {
                         set $redirect_to_ssl "yes";
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ server {
                 if ($redirect_to_ssl = yes) {
                         rewrite ^(.*) https://$host$1 permanent;
                 }
+                <% end -%>
         }
 
         location ~ \.php$ {