diff --git a/dashboard/src/features/app/components/Navigation/Navigation.jsx b/dashboard/src/features/app/components/Navigation/Navigation.jsx
index bc191097e7..5ccea3c943 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/features/app/components/Navigation/Navigation.jsx
+++ b/dashboard/src/features/app/components/Navigation/Navigation.jsx
@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ class Navigation extends React.Component {
 
         <ul className={styles.navigation}>
           <li className={styles.navigationTitle}>services</li>
-          <li>
-            <Link to='/mockhsms' activeClassName={styles.active}>
-              {navIcon('mockhsm', styles)}
-              MockHSM
-            </Link>
-          </li>
+          {!this.props.production &&
+            <li>
+              <Link to='/mockhsms' activeClassName={styles.active}>
+                {navIcon('mockhsm', styles)}
+                MockHSM
+              </Link>
+            </li>
+          }
           <li>
             <Link to='/transaction-feeds' activeClassName={styles.active}>
               {navIcon('feed', styles)}
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ export default connect(
   state => ({
     routing: state.routing, // required for <Link>s to update active state on navigation
     showSync: state.core.configured && !state.core.generator,
+    production: state.core.production,
   }),
   (dispatch) => ({
     openTutorial: () => dispatch({ type: 'OPEN_TUTORIAL' })
diff --git a/dashboard/src/features/configuration/components/Index/Index.jsx b/dashboard/src/features/configuration/components/Index/Index.jsx
index 52f07ae4f4..81a64c98ef 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/features/configuration/components/Index/Index.jsx
+++ b/dashboard/src/features/configuration/components/Index/Index.jsx
@@ -95,13 +95,17 @@ class Index extends React.Component {
               <input className={styles.choice_radio_button}
                     type='radio'
                     {...typeProps}
-                    value='new' />
-              <div className={`${styles.choice} ${styles.new}`}>
+                    value='new'
+                    disabled={this.props.production} />
+              <div className={`${styles.choice} ${styles.new} ` + (this.props.production ? styles.disabled : '')}>
                 <span className={styles.choice_title}>Create new blockchain network</span>
 
-                <p>
-                  Start a new blockchain network with this Chain Core as the block generator.
-                </p>
+                {this.props.production &&
+                  <p>This core is compiled for production. Use <code>corectl</code> to configure as a generator.</p>
+                }
+                {!this.props.production &&
+                  <p>Start a new blockchain network with this Chain Core as the block generator.</p>
+                }
               </div>
             </label>
           </div>
@@ -180,6 +184,10 @@ class Index extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
+const mapStateToProps = state => ({
+  production: state.core.production,
+})
+
 const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
   submitForm: (data) => dispatch(actions.configuration.submitConfiguration(data))
 })
@@ -196,6 +204,6 @@ const config = {
 
 export default reduxForm(
   config,
-  () => {},
+  mapStateToProps,
   mapDispatchToProps
 )(Index)
diff --git a/dashboard/src/features/configuration/components/Index/Index.scss b/dashboard/src/features/configuration/components/Index/Index.scss
index b5427a69f6..849d184958 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/features/configuration/components/Index/Index.scss
+++ b/dashboard/src/features/configuration/components/Index/Index.scss
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
     background-color: $background-emphasis-color;
   }
 
+  &.disabled {
+    cursor: default;
+    background-color: $background-emphasis-color;
+    opacity: 0.75;
+
+    .choice_title {
+      color: $text-light-color;
+    }
+  }
+
   p {
     line-height: 1.4;
   }
diff --git a/dashboard/src/features/core/components/CoreIndex/CoreIndex.jsx b/dashboard/src/features/core/components/CoreIndex/CoreIndex.jsx
index b9c07f8329..4a981f5ee9 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/features/core/components/CoreIndex/CoreIndex.jsx
+++ b/dashboard/src/features/core/components/CoreIndex/CoreIndex.jsx
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ class CoreIndex extends React.Component {
                 <td className={styles.row_label}>Version:</td>
                 <td><code>{this.props.core.version}</code></td>
               </tr>
+              <tr>
+                <td className={styles.row_label}>Production build:</td>
+                <td><code>{this.props.core.production.toString()}</code></td>
+              </tr>
               <tr>
                 <td colSpan={2}><hr /></td>
               </tr>
diff --git a/dashboard/src/features/core/reducers.js b/dashboard/src/features/core/reducers.js
index 0924fd71d6..a9dd52f8ac 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/features/core/reducers.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/features/core/reducers.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const configuredAt = (state, action) => {
 }
 
 export const production = (state, action) =>
-  coreConfigReducer('isproduction', state, false, action)
+  coreConfigReducer('isProduction', state, false, action)
 export const blockHeight = (state, action) =>
   coreConfigReducer('blockHeight', state, 0, action)
 export const generatorBlockHeight = (state, action) => {