diff --git a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Server.mjs b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Server.mjs
index 9e548bdc9e..6aba16e682 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Server.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Server.mjs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ app.set('views', fileURLToPath(new URL('../../views', import.meta.url)))
 app.set('view engine', 'pug')
 
 if (Settings.enabledServices.includes('web')) {
-  if (app.get('env') !== 'development') {
+  if (Settings.enablePugCache || app.get('env') !== 'development') {
     logger.debug('enabling view cache for production or acceptance tests')
     app.enable('view cache')
   }
diff --git a/services/web/config/settings.defaults.js b/services/web/config/settings.defaults.js
index a324330bbd..66f29de333 100644
--- a/services/web/config/settings.defaults.js
+++ b/services/web/config/settings.defaults.js
@@ -807,7 +807,10 @@ module.exports = {
     '/templates/index': '/templates/',
   },
 
-  reloadModuleViewsOnEachRequest: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development',
+  enablePugCache: process.env.ENABLE_PUG_CACHE === 'true',
+  reloadModuleViewsOnEachRequest:
+    process.env.ENABLE_PUG_CACHE !== 'true' &&
+    process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development',
 
   rateLimit: {
     subnetRateLimiterDisabled: