diff --git a/lib/app.dart b/lib/app.dart
index d2c09cc7..c508351d 100644
--- a/lib/app.dart
+++ b/lib/app.dart
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ class JournalApp extends StatelessWidget {
   static FirebaseAnalyticsObserver observer =
       FirebaseAnalyticsObserver(analytics: analytics);
 
+  static bool get isInDebugMode {
+    bool inDebugMode = false;
+    assert(inDebugMode = true);
+    return inDebugMode;
+  }
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     final stateContainer = StateContainer.of(context);
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ class JournalApp extends StatelessWidget {
         primaryColorDark: Color(0xFF338a3e),
         accentColor: Color(0xff6d4c41),
       ),
-      navigatorObservers: <NavigatorObserver>[observer],
+      navigatorObservers: <NavigatorObserver>[JournalApp.observer],
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 24da52ad..478804a3 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ Future runJournalApp() async {
   var pref = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
   var onBoardingCompleted = pref.getBool("onBoardingCompleted") ?? false;
 
+  if (JournalApp.isInDebugMode) {
+    if (JournalApp.analytics.android != null) {
+      JournalApp.analytics.android.setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled(false);
+    }
+  }
+
   runApp(new StateContainer(
     onBoardingCompleted: onBoardingCompleted,
     child: JournalApp(),