diff --git a/frontend/lib/viewmodels/settings_viewmodel.dart b/frontend/lib/viewmodels/settings_viewmodel.dart
index 3e6306d8..cb63cb69 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/viewmodels/settings_viewmodel.dart
+++ b/frontend/lib/viewmodels/settings_viewmodel.dart
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class SettingsViewModel extends ChangeNotifier {
   Future<void> _loadPreferences() async {
     final prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
     _isDarkModeEnabled = prefs.getBool('isDarkModeEnabled') ?? false;
-    _isDeveloperModeEnabled = prefs.getBool('isDeveloperModeEnabled') ?? false;
+    // TODO: We should make this disable test suites
+    _isDeveloperModeEnabled = prefs.getBool('isDeveloperModeEnabled') ?? true;
     _baseURL = prefs.getString('baseURL') ?? 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/ap/v1';
     _restApiUtility.updateBaseURL(_baseURL);
     _continuousModeSteps = prefs.getInt('continuousModeSteps') ?? 10;
diff --git a/frontend/lib/views/side_bar/side_bar_view.dart b/frontend/lib/views/side_bar/side_bar_view.dart
index b7545f84..668eb58d 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/views/side_bar/side_bar_view.dart
+++ b/frontend/lib/views/side_bar/side_bar_view.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:auto_gpt_flutter_client/viewmodels/settings_viewmodel.dart';
 import 'package:auto_gpt_flutter_client/viewmodels/skill_tree_viewmodel.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
@@ -30,16 +31,18 @@ class SideBarView extends StatelessWidget {
                         ? null
                         : () => selectedViewNotifier.value = 'TaskView',
                   ),
-                  IconButton(
-                    splashRadius: 0.1,
-                    color: selectedView == 'SkillTreeView'
-                        ? Colors.blue
-                        : Colors.black,
-                    icon: const Icon(Icons.emoji_events),
-                    onPressed: skillTreeViewModel.isBenchmarkRunning
-                        ? null
-                        : () => selectedViewNotifier.value = 'SkillTreeView',
-                  ),
+                  if (Provider.of<SettingsViewModel>(context, listen: true)
+                      .isDeveloperModeEnabled)
+                    IconButton(
+                      splashRadius: 0.1,
+                      color: selectedView == 'SkillTreeView'
+                          ? Colors.blue
+                          : Colors.black,
+                      icon: const Icon(Icons.emoji_events),
+                      onPressed: skillTreeViewModel.isBenchmarkRunning
+                          ? null
+                          : () => selectedViewNotifier.value = 'SkillTreeView',
+                    ),
                   IconButton(
                     splashRadius: 0.1,
                     color: selectedView == 'SettingsView'