diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/__init__.py b/src/spikeinterface/__init__.py
index 97fb95b623..306c12d516 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/__init__.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/__init__.py
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@
 # This flag must be set to False for release
 # This avoids using versioning that contains ".dev0" (and this is a better choice)
 # This is mainly useful when using run_sorter in a container and spikeinterface install
-# DEV_MODE = True
-DEV_MODE = False
+DEV_MODE = True
+# DEV_MODE = False