diff --git a/app/apps/nav_config.rb b/app/apps/nav_config.rb
index 8836f9e7..469bc862 100644
--- a/app/apps/nav_config.rb
+++ b/app/apps/nav_config.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 class NavConfig
   class << self
     attr_accessor :categories
+    attr_accessor :show_develop_dropdown
   end
   self.categories = ["Files", "Jobs", "Clusters", "Desktops"]
+  self.show_develop_dropdown = ENV['OOD_APP_SHARING'].present?
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 8c3def2c..4f9a5a4d 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
           <%= content_tag(:li, class: current_page?(root_path) ? "active" : "") { link_to 'Home', root_path  } if ENV['OOD_APP_SHARING'].present?%>
           <%= render partial: 'layouts/nav/group', collection: @nav_groups %>
-          <%= render partial: 'layouts/nav/develop_dropdown' if ENV['OOD_APP_SHARING'].present? %>
+          <%= render partial: 'layouts/nav/develop_dropdown' if NavConfig.show_develop_dropdown %>
         </ul>
         <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
           <%= render partial: "layouts/nav/help_dropdown" %>
diff --git a/config/initializers/ood.rb.awesim b/config/initializers/ood.rb.awesim
index 791d17dc..bf222c18 100644
--- a/config/initializers/ood.rb.awesim
+++ b/config/initializers/ood.rb.awesim
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 
 # don't show any apps in nav
 NavConfig.categories = []
+
+# don't show develop dropdown unless you are setup for app sharing
+NavConfig.show_develop_dropdown = UsrRouter.base_path.directory?