diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultUberWebResourceLoader.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultUberWebResourceLoader.java
index 115a63fc2f..6b886dd5ce 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultUberWebResourceLoader.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultUberWebResourceLoader.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.Builder;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import sonia.scm.SCMContext;
+import sonia.scm.Stage;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
@@ -69,19 +71,21 @@ public class DefaultUberWebResourceLoader implements UberWebResourceLoader
 
   //~--- constructors ---------------------------------------------------------
 
-  /**
-   * Constructs ...
-   *
-   *
-   * @param servletContext
-   * @param plugins
-   */
-  public DefaultUberWebResourceLoader(ServletContext servletContext,
-    Iterable<PluginWrapper> plugins)
-  {
+  public DefaultUberWebResourceLoader(ServletContext servletContext, Iterable<PluginWrapper> plugins) {
+    this(servletContext, plugins, SCMContext.getContext().getStage());
+  }
+
+  public DefaultUberWebResourceLoader(ServletContext servletContext, Iterable<PluginWrapper> plugins, Stage stage) {
     this.servletContext = servletContext;
     this.plugins = plugins;
-    this.cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build();
+    this.cache = createCache(stage);
+  }
+
+  private final Cache<String, URL> createCache(Stage stage) {
+    if (stage == Stage.DEVELOPMENT) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build();
   }
 
   //~--- get methods ----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ public class DefaultUberWebResourceLoader implements UberWebResourceLoader
   @Override
   public URL getResource(String path)
   {
-    URL resource = cache.getIfPresent(path);
+    URL resource = getFromCache(path);
 
     if (resource == null)
     {
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ public class DefaultUberWebResourceLoader implements UberWebResourceLoader
 
       if (resource != null)
       {
-        cache.put(path, resource);
+        addToCache(path, resource);
       }
     }
     else
@@ -116,6 +120,19 @@ public class DefaultUberWebResourceLoader implements UberWebResourceLoader
     return resource;
   }
 
+  private URL getFromCache(String path) {
+    if (cache != null) {
+      return cache.getIfPresent(path);
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private void addToCache(String path, URL url) {
+    if (cache != null) {
+      cache.put(path, url);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultUberWebResourceLoaderTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultUberWebResourceLoaderTest.java
index 42b038ab17..9e5ebccbfd 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultUberWebResourceLoaderTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultUberWebResourceLoaderTest.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import sonia.scm.Stage;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -96,14 +97,12 @@ public class DefaultUberWebResourceLoaderTest extends WebResourceLoaderTestBase
    * Method description
    *
    *
-   * @throws MalformedURLException
    */
   @Test
-  public void testGetResourceFromCache() throws MalformedURLException
-  {
+  public void testGetResourceFromCache() {
     DefaultUberWebResourceLoader resourceLoader =
       new DefaultUberWebResourceLoader(servletContext,
-        new ArrayList<PluginWrapper>());
+        new ArrayList<PluginWrapper>(), Stage.PRODUCTION);
 
     resourceLoader.getCache().put("/myresource", GITHUB);
 
@@ -112,6 +111,15 @@ public class DefaultUberWebResourceLoaderTest extends WebResourceLoaderTestBase
     assertSame(GITHUB, resource);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testGetResourceCacheIsDisableInStageDevelopment() throws MalformedURLException {
+    DefaultUberWebResourceLoader resourceLoader = new DefaultUberWebResourceLoader(servletContext, new ArrayList<>(), Stage.DEVELOPMENT);
+    when(servletContext.getResource("/scm")).thenAnswer(invocation -> new URL("https://scm-manager.org"));
+    URL url = resourceLoader.getResource("/scm");
+    URL secondUrl = resourceLoader.getResource("/scm");
+    assertNotSame(url, secondUrl);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *