diff --git a/config/view.php b/config/view.php
index 9b7bddfc..bc73d32b 100644
--- a/config/view.php
+++ b/config/view.php
@@ -35,14 +35,15 @@
 
     /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-     | Check Compiled Views
+     | Blade View Modification Checking
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | On every request the framework will check to see if a view has expired
      | to determine if it needs to be recompiled. If you are in production
-     | and precompiling your views we can skip this check to save time.
+     | and precompiling views this feature may be disabled to save time.
      |
      */
-    'expires' => env('APP_ENV') !== 'production',
+
+    'expires' => env('VIEW_CHECK_EXPIRATION', true),
 
 ];