diff --git a/.github/workflows/alerting.yml b/.github/workflows/alerting.yml
index 2dc172604..08a654f33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/alerting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/alerting.yml
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ jobs:
       # Run alert worker
       - run: |
          cd alerting
-         yarn
+         NODE_ENV=development yarn
          ts-node src/alert-worker.ts