diff --git a/src/gui/windows/save_creation.zig b/src/gui/windows/save_creation.zig
index cd5e451ec..958f197e7 100644
--- a/src/gui/windows/save_creation.zig
+++ b/src/gui/windows/save_creation.zig
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ var gamemodeInput: *Button = undefined;
 
 var allowCheats: bool = true;
 
+var testingMode: bool = false;
+
 fn gamemodeCallback(_: usize) void {
 	gamemode = std.meta.intToEnum(main.game.Gamemode, @intFromEnum(gamemode) + 1) catch @enumFromInt(0);
 	gamemodeInput.child.label.updateText(@tagName(gamemode));
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@ fn allowCheatsCallback(allow: bool) void {
 	allowCheats = allow;
 }
 
+fn testingModeCallback(enabled: bool) void {
+	testingMode = enabled;
+}
+
 fn createWorld(_: usize) void {
 	flawedCreateWorld() catch |err| {
 		std.log.err("Error while creating new world: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
@@ -121,6 +127,7 @@ fn flawedCreateWorld() !void {
 
 		gamerules.put("default_gamemode", @tagName(gamemode));
 		gamerules.put("cheats", allowCheats);
+		gamerules.put("testingMode", testingMode);
 
 		try main.files.writeZon(gamerulePath, gamerules);
 	}
@@ -156,6 +163,8 @@ pub fn onOpen() void {
 
 	list.add(CheckBox.init(.{0, 0}, 128, "Allow Cheats", true, &allowCheatsCallback));
 
+	list.add(CheckBox.init(.{0, 0}, 128, "Testing mode (for developers)", false, &testingModeCallback));
+
 	list.add(Button.initText(.{0, 0}, 128, "Create World", .{.callback = &createWorld}));
 
 	list.finish(.center);
diff --git a/src/server/world.zig b/src/server/world.zig
index 856661f36..86ad4dadd 100644
--- a/src/server/world.zig
+++ b/src/server/world.zig
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ pub const ServerWorld = struct { // MARK: ServerWorld
 
 	defaultGamemode: main.game.Gamemode = undefined,
 	allowCheats: bool = undefined,
+	testingMode: bool = undefined,
 
 	seed: u64,
 	path: []const u8,
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ pub const ServerWorld = struct { // MARK: ServerWorld
 
 		self.defaultGamemode = std.meta.stringToEnum(main.game.Gamemode, gamerules.get([]const u8, "default_gamemode", "creative")) orelse .creative;
 		self.allowCheats = gamerules.get(bool, "cheats", true);
+		self.testingMode = gamerules.get(bool, "testingMode", false);
 
 		self.chunkManager = try ChunkManager.init(self, generatorSettings);
 		errdefer self.chunkManager.deinit();
@@ -821,9 +823,17 @@ pub const ServerWorld = struct { // MARK: ServerWorld
 		}
 		const newBiomeCheckSum: i64 = @bitCast(terrain.biomes.getBiomeCheckSum(self.seed));
 		if(newBiomeCheckSum != self.biomeChecksum) {
-			self.regenerateLOD(newBiomeCheckSum) catch |err| {
-				std.log.err("Error while trying to regenerate LODs: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
-			};
+			if(self.testingMode) {
+				const dir = std.fmt.allocPrint(main.stackAllocator.allocator, "saves/{s}", .{self.path}) catch unreachable;
+				defer main.stackAllocator.free(dir);
+				main.files.deleteDir(dir, "maps") catch |err| {
+					std.log.err("Error while trying to remove maps folder of testingMode world: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
+				};
+			} else {
+				self.regenerateLOD(newBiomeCheckSum) catch |err| {
+					std.log.err("Error while trying to regenerate LODs: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
+				};
+			}
 		}
 		try self.wio.saveWorldData();
 		const itemsPath = std.fmt.allocPrint(main.stackAllocator.allocator, "saves/{s}/items.zig.zon", .{self.path}) catch unreachable;