diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-wordpress/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-wordpress/recipes/default.rb
index e71d6ad..ca0aaea 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-wordpress/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-wordpress/recipes/default.rb
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ node.set['wordpress']['salt']['nonce']            = credentials["salt_nonce"]
 
 include_recipe 'kosmos-wordpress::nginx'
 
-node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["host"] = "localhost"
-node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["username"] = "root"
-node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["password"] = node["wordpress"]["db"]["root_password"]
-unless node["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"].include? "wordpressdb"
-  node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"] =
-    node["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"].to_a << "wordpressdb"
+unless node.chef_environment == "development"
+  node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["host"] = "localhost"
+  node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["username"] = "root"
+  node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["password"] = node["wordpress"]["db"]["root_password"]
+  unless node["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"].include? "wordpressdb"
+    node.override["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"] =
+      node["backup"]["mysql"]["databases"].to_a << "wordpressdb"
+  end
+  include_recipe "backup"
 end
-include_recipe "backup"