diff --git a/beszel/Makefile b/beszel/Makefile
index 19379a2..529db3d 100644
--- a/beszel/Makefile
+++ b/beszel/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SKIP_WEB ?= false
 # Set executable extension based on target OS
 EXE_EXT := $(if $(filter windows,$(OS)),.exe,)
 
-.PHONY: tidy build-agent build-hub build clean lint dev-server dev-agent dev-hub dev generate-locales
+.PHONY: tidy build-agent build-hub build-hub-dev build clean lint dev-server dev-agent dev-hub dev generate-locales
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := build
 
 clean:
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ build-agent: tidy build-dotnet-conditional
 build-hub: tidy $(if $(filter false,$(SKIP_WEB)),build-web-ui)
 	GOOS=$(OS) GOARCH=$(ARCH) go build -o ./build/beszel_$(OS)_$(ARCH)$(EXE_EXT) -ldflags "-w -s" beszel/cmd/hub
 
+build-hub-dev: tidy
+	mkdir -p ./site/dist && touch ./site/dist/index.html
+	GOOS=$(OS) GOARCH=$(ARCH) go build -tags development -o ./build/beszel-dev_$(OS)_$(ARCH)$(EXE_EXT) -ldflags "-w -s" beszel/cmd/hub
+
 build: build-agent build-hub
 
 generate-locales:
@@ -73,9 +77,9 @@ dev-hub: export ENV=dev
 dev-hub:
 	mkdir -p ./site/dist && touch ./site/dist/index.html
 	@if command -v entr >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
-		find ./cmd/hub/*.go ./internal/{alerts,hub,records,users}/*.go | entr -r -s "cd ./cmd/hub && go run . serve --http 0.0.0.0:8090"; \
+		find ./cmd/hub/*.go ./internal/{alerts,hub,records,users}/*.go | entr -r -s "cd ./cmd/hub && go run -tags development . serve --http 0.0.0.0:8090"; \
 	else \
-		cd ./cmd/hub && go run . serve --http 0.0.0.0:8090; \
+		cd ./cmd/hub && go run -tags development . serve --http 0.0.0.0:8090; \
 	fi
 
 dev-agent:
diff --git a/beszel/internal/hub/hub.go b/beszel/internal/hub/hub.go
index d8eec7a..3f56ca5 100644
--- a/beszel/internal/hub/hub.go
+++ b/beszel/internal/hub/hub.go
@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"beszel/internal/hub/systems"
 	"beszel/internal/records"
 	"beszel/internal/users"
-	"beszel/site"
 	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/fs"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httputil"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -164,55 +161,6 @@ func (h *Hub) initialize(e *core.ServeEvent) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// startServer sets up the server for Beszel
-func (h *Hub) startServer(se *core.ServeEvent) error {
-	// TODO: exclude dev server from production binary
-	switch h.IsDev() {
-	case true:
-		proxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(&url.URL{
-			Scheme: "http",
-			Host:   "localhost:5173",
-		})
-		se.Router.GET("/{path...}", func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
-			proxy.ServeHTTP(e.Response, e.Request)
-			return nil
-		})
-	default:
-		// parse app url
-		parsedURL, err := url.Parse(h.appURL)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		// fix base paths in html if using subpath
-		basePath := strings.TrimSuffix(parsedURL.Path, "/") + "/"
-		indexFile, _ := fs.ReadFile(site.DistDirFS, "index.html")
-		indexContent := strings.ReplaceAll(string(indexFile), "./", basePath)
-		indexContent = strings.Replace(indexContent, "{{V}}", beszel.Version, 1)
-		indexContent = strings.Replace(indexContent, "{{HUB_URL}}", h.appURL, 1)
-		// set up static asset serving
-		staticPaths := [2]string{"/static/", "/assets/"}
-		serveStatic := apis.Static(site.DistDirFS, false)
-		// get CSP configuration
-		csp, cspExists := GetEnv("CSP")
-		// add route
-		se.Router.GET("/{path...}", func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
-			// serve static assets if path is in staticPaths
-			for i := range staticPaths {
-				if strings.Contains(e.Request.URL.Path, staticPaths[i]) {
-					e.Response.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=2592000")
-					return serveStatic(e)
-				}
-			}
-			if cspExists {
-				e.Response.Header().Del("X-Frame-Options")
-				e.Response.Header().Set("Content-Security-Policy", csp)
-			}
-			return e.HTML(http.StatusOK, indexContent)
-		})
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // registerCronJobs sets up scheduled tasks
 func (h *Hub) registerCronJobs(_ *core.ServeEvent) error {
 	// delete old system_stats and alerts_history records once every hour
diff --git a/beszel/internal/hub/server_development.go b/beszel/internal/hub/server_development.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7a34d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beszel/internal/hub/server_development.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//go:build development
+
+package hub
+
+import (
+	"net/http/httputil"
+	"net/url"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
+)
+
+// startServer sets up the development server for Beszel
+func (h *Hub) startServer(se *core.ServeEvent) error {
+	proxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(&url.URL{
+		Scheme: "http",
+		Host:   "localhost:5173",
+	})
+	se.Router.GET("/{path...}", func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
+		proxy.ServeHTTP(e.Response, e.Request)
+		return nil
+	})
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/beszel/internal/hub/server_production.go b/beszel/internal/hub/server_production.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..831d0b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beszel/internal/hub/server_production.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+//go:build !development
+
+package hub
+
+import (
+	"beszel"
+	"beszel/site"
+	"io/fs"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/apis"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
+)
+
+// startServer sets up the production server for Beszel
+func (h *Hub) startServer(se *core.ServeEvent) error {
+	// parse app url
+	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(h.appURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// fix base paths in html if using subpath
+	basePath := strings.TrimSuffix(parsedURL.Path, "/") + "/"
+	indexFile, _ := fs.ReadFile(site.DistDirFS, "index.html")
+	indexContent := strings.ReplaceAll(string(indexFile), "./", basePath)
+	indexContent = strings.Replace(indexContent, "{{V}}", beszel.Version, 1)
+	indexContent = strings.Replace(indexContent, "{{HUB_URL}}", h.appURL, 1)
+	// set up static asset serving
+	staticPaths := [2]string{"/static/", "/assets/"}
+	serveStatic := apis.Static(site.DistDirFS, false)
+	// get CSP configuration
+	csp, cspExists := GetEnv("CSP")
+	// add route
+	se.Router.GET("/{path...}", func(e *core.RequestEvent) error {
+		// serve static assets if path is in staticPaths
+		for i := range staticPaths {
+			if strings.Contains(e.Request.URL.Path, staticPaths[i]) {
+				e.Response.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=2592000")
+				return serveStatic(e)
+			}
+		}
+		if cspExists {
+			e.Response.Header().Del("X-Frame-Options")
+			e.Response.Header().Set("Content-Security-Policy", csp)
+		}
+		return e.HTML(http.StatusOK, indexContent)
+	})
+	return nil
+}