diff --git a/lib/apiculture.rb b/lib/apiculture.rb
index b54c314..bf4647d 100644
--- a/lib/apiculture.rb
+++ b/lib/apiculture.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 module Apiculture
   require_relative 'apiculture/version'
   require_relative 'apiculture/indifferent_hash'
-  require_relative 'apiculture/app'
   require_relative 'apiculture/action'
   require_relative 'apiculture/sinatra_instance_methods'
   require_relative 'apiculture/action_definition'
@@ -16,6 +15,12 @@ def self.extended(in_class)
     super
   end
 
+  class Void
+    def <<(_item); end
+    def map; []; end
+    def select; []; end
+  end
+
   IDENTITY_PROC = ->(arg) { arg }
 
   AC_APPLY_TYPECAST_PROC = ->(cast_proc_or_method, v) {
@@ -277,7 +282,16 @@ def api_method(http_verb, path, options={}, &blk)
   end
 
   def apiculture_stack
-    @apiculture_actions_and_docs ||= []
+    if environment == "development"
+      @apiculture_actions_and_docs ||= []
+    else
+      @apiculture_actions_and_docs ||= Void.new
+    end
     @apiculture_actions_and_docs
   end
+
+  # Based on the RACK_ENV it will generate documentation or not
+  def environment
+    @environment ||= ENV.fetch("RACK_ENV", "development")
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/apiculture/app_documentation.rb b/lib/apiculture/app_documentation.rb
index 5f319e2..5bba196 100644
--- a/lib/apiculture/app_documentation.rb
+++ b/lib/apiculture/app_documentation.rb
@@ -6,38 +6,38 @@ class TaggedMarkdown < Struct.new(:string, :section_class)
     def to_markdown
       string.to_markdown.to_s rescue string.to_s
     end
-    
+
     def to_html
       '<section class="%s">%s</section>' % [Rack::Utils.escape_html(section_class), render_markdown(to_markdown)]
     end
-    
+
     def render_markdown(s)
       GitHub::Markup.render('section.markdown', s.to_s)
     end
   end
-  
+
   def initialize(app, mountpoint, action_definitions_and_markdown_segments)
     @app_title = app.to_s
     @mountpoint = mountpoint
     @chunks = action_definitions_and_markdown_segments
   end
-  
+
   # Generates a Markdown string that contains the entire API documentation
   def to_markdown
     (['## %s' % @app_title] + to_markdown_slices).join("\n\n")
-  end 
+  end
 
   def to_openapi
     OpenApiDocumentation::Base.new(@app_title, @mountpoint, @chunks)
   end
-  
+
   # Generates an HTML fragment string that can be included into another HTML document
   def to_html_fragment
     to_markdown_slices.map do |tagged_markdown|
       tagged_markdown.to_html
     end.join("\n\n")
   end
-  
+
   def to_markdown_slices
     markdown_slices = @chunks.map do | action_def_or_doc |
       if action_def_or_doc.respond_to?(:http_verb) # ActionDefinition
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def to_markdown_slices
       end
     end
   end
-  
+
   # Generates a complete HTML document string that can be saved into a file
   def to_html
     require 'mustache'
diff --git a/lib/apiculture/version.rb b/lib/apiculture/version.rb
index 315581b..32df97b 100644
--- a/lib/apiculture/version.rb
+++ b/lib/apiculture/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Apiculture
-  VERSION = '0.2.1'.freeze
+  VERSION = '0.2.2'.freeze
 end
diff --git a/spec/apiculture/app_documentation_prod_spec.rb b/spec/apiculture/app_documentation_prod_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cc3b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/apiculture/app_documentation_prod_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+require_relative '../spec_helper'
+
+describe "Apiculture.api_documentation in prod environments" do
+  let(:app) do
+    Class.new(Apiculture::App) do
+      extend Apiculture
+
+      set_environment "production"
+
+      markdown_string 'This API is very important. Because it has to do with pancakes.'
+
+      documentation_build_time!
+
+      desc 'Check the pancake status'
+      route_param :id, 'Pancake ID to check status on'
+      responds_with 200, 'When the pancake is found', { status: 'Baking' }
+      responds_with 404, 'When no such pancake exists', { status: 'No such pancake' }
+      api_method :get, '/pancake/:id' do
+      end
+
+      desc 'Throw away the pancake'
+      route_param :id, 'Pancake ID to delete'
+      api_method :delete, '/pancake/:id' do
+      end
+
+      desc 'Pancake ingredients are in the URL'
+      route_param :topping_id, 'Pancake topping ID', Integer, cast: :to_i
+      api_method :get, '/pancake/with/:topping_id' do |topping_id|
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  it 'does not generate any html in non-dev environments' do
+    docco = app.api_documentation
+    generated_html = docco.to_html_fragment
+
+    expect(generated_html).to eq("")
+  end
+
+  # It still generates some small bits of Markdown but not a lot
+  it 'does not generate app documentation in Markdown' do
+    docco = app.api_documentation
+    generated_markdown = docco.to_markdown
+
+    expect(generated_markdown.length).to eq(30)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/apiculture/app.rb b/spec/support/app.rb
similarity index 96%
rename from lib/apiculture/app.rb
rename to spec/support/app.rb
index 24231c4..c6ed9c8 100644
--- a/lib/apiculture/app.rb
+++ b/spec/support/app.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 class Apiculture::App
 
   class << self
-    def use(middlreware_factory, middleware_options, &middleware_blk)
+    def use(middleware_factory, middleware_options, &middleware_blk)
       @middleware_configurations ||= []
       @middleware_configurations << [middleware_factory, middleware_options, middleware_blk]
     end
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ def middleware_configurations
       @middleware_configurations || []
     end
 
+    # For testing only
+    def set_environment(env)
+      @environment ||= env
+    end
+
     def get(url, **options, &handler_blk)
       define_action :get, url, **options, &handler_blk
     end