diff --git a/config/develop-settings.yml b/config/develop-settings.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..054a7dfd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/develop-settings.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Steffen Jost <s.jost@fraport.de>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Values formatted like "_env:ENV_VAR_NAME:default_value" can be overridden by the specified environment variable.
+# See https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/wiki/Configuration#overriding-configuration-values-with-environment-variables
+# NB: If you need a numeric value (e.g. 123) to parse as a String, wrap it in single quotes (e.g. "_env:PGPASS:'123'")
+# See https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/wiki/Configuration#parsing-numeric-values-as-strings
+
+
+#DEVELOPMENT ONLY, NOT TO BE USED IN PRODUCTION
+
+avs-licence-synch:
+  times:          [12]
+  level:          4
+  reason-filter:  "(firm|block)"
+  max-changes:    999
+
+# Enqueue at specified hour, a few minutes later
+job-lms-qualifications-enqueue-hour: 16
+job-lms-qualifications-dequeue-hour: 4
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 76c341ed6..472d86578 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ synchronise-avs-users-interval: "_env:SYNCHRONISE_AVS_INTERVAL:21600"   # alle 6
 study-features-recache-relevance-within: 172800
 study-features-recache-relevance-interval: 293
 
-# Enqueue at specified hour, a few minutes later
-job-lms-qualifications-enqueue-hour: 16
-job-lms-qualifications-dequeue-hour: 4
-
 log-settings:
   detailed:      "_env:DETAILED_LOGGING:false"
   all:           "_env:LOG_ALL:false"
diff --git a/src/Settings.hs b/src/Settings.hs
index d2ab95242..b37e2c1bb 100644
--- a/src/Settings.hs
+++ b/src/Settings.hs
@@ -896,10 +896,12 @@ widgetFile
 -- hamletFile' :: FilePath -> Q Exp
 -- hamletFile' nameBase = hamletFile $ "templates" </> nameBase
 
-
--- | Raw bytes at compile time of @config/settings.yml@
+-- | Raw bytes at compile time of @config/settings.yml@ (and also @config/develop-setting.yml for development builds)
 configSettingsYmlBS :: ByteString
 configSettingsYmlBS = $(embedFile configSettingsYml)
+#ifdef DEVELOPMENT
+                   <> $(embedFile "config/develop-settings.yml")
+#endif
 
 -- | @config/settings.yml@, parsed to a @Value@.
 configSettingsYmlValue :: Value