diff --git a/packages/c2pa-wc/package.json b/packages/c2pa-wc/package.json
index 3ea74037..5108f6d3 100644
--- a/packages/c2pa-wc/package.json
+++ b/packages/c2pa-wc/package.json
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     "@rollup/pluginutils": "~4.2.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.20.0",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.20.0"
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.20.0",
+    "@rollup/plugin-replace": "~5.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/c2pa-wc/rollup.config.js b/packages/c2pa-wc/rollup.config.js
index ee04e351..32eb1db5 100644
--- a/packages/c2pa-wc/rollup.config.js
+++ b/packages/c2pa-wc/rollup.config.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import merge from 'deepmerge';
 import fg from 'fast-glob';
 import path from 'path';
 import postcss from 'rollup-plugin-postcss';
+import replace from '@rollup/plugin-replace';
 
 const litSvg = require('./etc/rollup/plugins/lit-svg.cjs');
 
@@ -72,5 +73,8 @@ export default merge(baseConfig, {
     commonjs(),
     typescript(),
     postcss(),
+    replace({
+      'process.env.NODE_ENV': "'production'",
+    }),
   ],
 });