diff --git a/fetchupd.php b/fetchupd.php
index b6ac7a0..fa88293 100644
--- a/fetchupd.php
+++ b/fetchupd.php
@@ -50,8 +50,12 @@ function uupApiPrivateGetLatestBuild() {
     return $build;
 }
 
-function uupApiPrivateGetAcceptableBranches() {
-    return [
+function uupApiPrivateIsAcceptableBranch($branch) {
+    if(!uupApiConfigIsTrue('production_mode')) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    $branches = [
         'auto',
         'rs2_release',
         'rs3_release',
@@ -68,6 +72,8 @@ function uupApiPrivateGetAcceptableBranches() {
         'ge_release',
         'rs_prerelease',
     ];
+
+    return in_array($branch, $branches);
 }
 
 function uupApiPrivateNormalizeFetchParams($params) {
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ function uupFetchUpd2($params, $cacheRequests = 0) {
         return array('error' => 'ILLEGAL_MINOR');
     }
 
-    if(!in_array($branch, uupApiPrivateGetAcceptableBranches()))
+    if(!uupApiPrivateIsAcceptableBranch($branch))
         $branch = 'auto';
 
     if($ring == 'DEV') $ring = 'WIF';
diff --git a/shared/cache.php b/shared/cache.php
index dcb9797..f875b63 100644
--- a/shared/cache.php
+++ b/shared/cache.php
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class UupDumpCache {
     }
 
     public function get() {
+        if(!uupApiConfigIsTrue('production_mode')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         $cacheFile = $this->cacheFile;
 
         if(!file_exists($cacheFile)) {
@@ -58,6 +62,10 @@ class UupDumpCache {
     }
 
     public function put($content, $validity) {
+        if(!uupApiConfigIsTrue('production_mode')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         $cacheFile = $this->cacheFile;
         $expires = $validity ? time() + $validity : false;
 
diff --git a/shared/main.php b/shared/main.php
index 474fae6..09c3a48 100644
--- a/shared/main.php
+++ b/shared/main.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 function uupApiVersion() {
-    return '1.48.0';
+    return '1.49.0-dev';
 }
 
 require_once dirname(__FILE__).'/auths.php';
diff --git a/shared/utils.php b/shared/utils.php
index 605e3d3..3e43e2c 100644
--- a/shared/utils.php
+++ b/shared/utils.php
@@ -64,8 +64,12 @@ function sendWuPostRequestInternal($url, $postData, $saveCookie = true) {
     curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
     curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
     curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postData);
-    curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
-    curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 15);
+
+    if(uupApiConfigIsTrue('production_mode')) { 
+        curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
+        curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 15);
+    }
+
     curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
     curl_setopt($req, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
         'User-Agent: Windows-Update-Agent/10.0.10011.16384 Client-Protocol/2.50',