# \[Question\] How do I activate the gateway Developer Mode?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-how-do-i-activate-the-gateway-developer-mode/47854>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [June 16, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-how-do-i-activate-the-gateway-developer-mode/47854 "2021-06-16T19:18:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-how-do-i-activate-the-gateway-developer-mode/47854/2 "2021-06-16T19:22:04Z")

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> [@Need a developer gateway](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-a-developer-gateway/38796/2):
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> There’s no special license, you set a system property in your ignition.conf that allows the gateway to load unsigned modules. -Dignition.allowunsignedmodules=true something like this: [Allowing Unsigned Modules to Run in 7.9](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allowing-unsigned-modules-to-run-in-7-9/12251/2)

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