diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-node.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-node.yaml
index 8774f7f6..5da5f59f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-node.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-node.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       MAX_ACTIVE_TREES: ${{ vars.MAX_ACTIVE_TREES }}
       MAX_TREE_DEPTH: ${{ vars.MAX_TREE_DEPTH }}
       GOAL_TREE_SIZE: ${{ vars.GOAL_TREE_SIZE }}
+      SKIP_TOXICITY_CALCULATION: ${{ vars.SKIP_TOXICITY_CALCULATION }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/ansible/deploy-to-node.yaml b/ansible/deploy-to-node.yaml
index ec25726f..a89d969a 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy-to-node.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy-to-node.yaml
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@
           RATE_LIMIT: "{{ 'false' if stack_name == 'dev' else 'true' }}"
           DEBUG_SKIP_EMBEDDING_COMPUTATION: "true"
           DEBUG_SKIP_TOXICITY_CALCULATION:
-            "{{ 'true' if stack_name == 'dev' else 'false' }}"
+            "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'SKIP_TOXICITY_CALCULATION') |
+            default('true', true) }}"
           OFFICIAL_WEB_API_KEY: "{{ web_api_key }}"
           TREE_MANAGER__MAX_ACTIVE_TREES:
             "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'MAX_ACTIVE_TREES') |