diff --git a/docker-compose-developer.yml b/docker-compose-developer.yml
index b15e0980..c0212afc 100644
--- a/docker-compose-developer.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-developer.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ x-env-vars: &oncall-env-vars
   GRAFANA_API_URL: http://localhost:3000
   GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: /etc/app/gcp_service_account.json
   FCM_PROJECT_ID: oncall-mobile-dev
+  SILK_PROFILER_ENABLED: True
 
 # basically this is needed because the oncall backend containers have been configured to communicate w/ grafana via
 # http://localhost:3000 (GRAFANA_API_URL). This URL is used in two scenarios:
diff --git a/engine/engine/urls.py b/engine/engine/urls.py
index c7af667f..77d0f80f 100644
--- a/engine/engine/urls.py
+++ b/engine/engine/urls.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ if settings.DEBUG:
         path("__debug__/", include(debug_toolbar.urls)),
     ] + urlpatterns
 
-    urlpatterns += [path("silk/", include("silk.urls", namespace="silk"))]
+if settings.SILK_PROFILER_ENABLED:
+    urlpatterns += [path(settings.SILK_PATH, include("silk.urls", namespace="silk"))]
 
 admin.site.site_header = settings.ADMIN_SITE_HEADER
diff --git a/engine/settings/base.py b/engine/settings/base.py
index d28f73e3..83ac1cc8 100644
--- a/engine/settings/base.py
+++ b/engine/settings/base.py
@@ -464,14 +464,20 @@ INTERNAL_IPS = ["127.0.0.1"]
 
 SELF_IP = os.environ.get("SELF_IP")
 
-SILK_PATH = os.environ.get("SILK_PATH", "silk/")
-SILKY_AUTHENTICATION = True
-SILKY_AUTHORISATION = True
-SILKY_META = True
-SILKY_INTERCEPT_PERCENT = 1
-SILKY_MAX_RECORDED_REQUESTS = 10**4
+SILK_PROFILER_ENABLED = getenv_boolean("SILK_PROFILER_ENABLED", default=False)
+if SILK_PROFILER_ENABLED:
+    SILK_PATH = os.environ.get("SILK_PATH", "silk/")
+    SILKY_INTERCEPT_PERCENT = getenv_integer("SILKY_INTERCEPT_PERCENT", 100)
+
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ["silk"]
+    MIDDLEWARE += ["silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware"]
+
+    SILKY_AUTHENTICATION = True
+    SILKY_AUTHORISATION = True
+    SILKY_META = True
+    SILKY_MAX_RECORDED_REQUESTS = 10**4
+    SILKY_PYTHON_PROFILER = True
 
-INSTALLED_APPS += ["silk"]
 # get ONCALL_DJANGO_ADMIN_PATH from env and add trailing / to it
 ONCALL_DJANGO_ADMIN_PATH = os.environ.get("ONCALL_DJANGO_ADMIN_PATH", "django-admin") + "/"
 
diff --git a/engine/settings/dev.py b/engine/settings/dev.py
index e7ff732b..e4843192 100644
--- a/engine/settings/dev.py
+++ b/engine/settings/dev.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ MIRAGE_CIPHER_IV = os.environ.get("MIRAGE_CIPHER_IV", "tZZa+60zTZO2NRcS")
 
 TESTING = "pytest" in sys.modules or "unittest" in sys.modules
 
-SILKY_PYTHON_PROFILER = True
-
 # For any requests that come in with that header/value, request.is_secure() will return True.
 SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
 
@@ -54,9 +52,6 @@ if getenv_boolean("DEV_DEBUG_VIEW_SQL_QUERIES", default=False):
         },
     }
 
-SILKY_INTERCEPT_PERCENT = 100
-MIDDLEWARE += ["silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware"]
-
 SWAGGER_SETTINGS = {
     "SECURITY_DEFINITIONS": {
         "Basic": {"type": "basic"},