diff --git a/frontend/src/html/pages/tribe.html b/frontend/src/html/pages/tribe.html
index 0702a4900..19738088b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/html/pages/tribe.html
+++ b/frontend/src/html/pages/tribe.html
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
         Coming soon...
       </span> -->
     </div>
+    <button class="devRoom">dev room</button>
     <div class="customRooms">
       <div class="title">custom rooms</div>
       <div class="buttons">
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/index.ts b/frontend/src/ts/index.ts
index 38acdb0d0..e70855e89 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/index.ts
@@ -104,10 +104,15 @@ addToGlobal({
   qs: qs,
   qsa: qsa,
   qsr: qsr,
-  tribe: Tribe,
-  tribeState: TribeState,
-  tribeCarets: TribeCarets,
   createTribeRoom: TribeSocket.default.out.room.create,
+  ...(isDevEnvironment()
+    ? {
+        tribe: Tribe,
+        tribeState: TribeState,
+        tribeCarets: TribeCarets,
+        tribeSocket: TribeSocket.default,
+      }
+    : {}),
 });
 
 if (isDevEnvironment()) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/tribe/pages/tribe-page-menu.ts b/frontend/src/ts/tribe/pages/tribe-page-menu.ts
index 26df123cb..556e75681 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/tribe/pages/tribe-page-menu.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/tribe/pages/tribe-page-menu.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ $(".pageTribe .menu .customRooms #createCustomRoom").on("click", (e) => {
   tribeSocket.out.room.create(Config.mode, mode2);
 });
 
+$(".pageTribe .menu .devRoom").on("click", (e) => {
+  if ($(e.currentTarget).hasClass("disabled")) return;
+  tribeSocket.out.dev?.room();
+});
+
 $(".pageTribe .menu .matchmaking .buttons .button").on("click", (e) => {
   if ($(e.currentTarget).hasClass("disabled")) return;
   const queue = $(e.currentTarget).attr("queue") as string;
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/index.ts b/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/index.ts
index e82a30092..2f3e3f9c5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import { isDevEnvironment } from "../../utils/misc";
 import RoomRoutes from "./routes/room";
 import SystemRoutes from "./routes/system";
 import UserRoutes from "./routes/user";
+import DevRoutes from "./routes/dev";
 import Socket from "./socket";
 
 function updateName(newName: string): void {
@@ -31,6 +33,11 @@ export default {
     room: RoomRoutes.out,
     system: SystemRoutes.out,
     user: UserRoutes.out,
+    ...(isDevEnvironment()
+      ? {
+          dev: DevRoutes.out,
+        }
+      : {}),
   },
   updateName,
   connect,
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/routes/dev.ts b/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/routes/dev.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbbdda807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe-socket/routes/dev.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import Socket from "../socket";
+
+export default {
+  out: {
+    room: () => Socket.emit("dev_room"),
+  },
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe.ts b/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe.ts
index e3e6ab2de..7cd688fa4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/tribe/tribe.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import * as Random from "../utils/random";
 import TribeSocket from "./tribe-socket";
 import * as ActivePage from "../states/active-page";
 import * as TribeState from "./tribe-state";
-import { escapeRegExp, escapeHTML } from "../utils/misc";
+import { escapeRegExp, escapeHTML, isDevEnvironment } from "../utils/misc";
 import * as Time from "../states/time";
 import * as TestWords from "../test/test-words";
 import * as TestStats from "../test/test-stats";
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ export async function init(): Promise<void> {
     TribeSocket.updateName(lstribename);
   }
 
+  if (!isDevEnvironment()) {
+    $(".pageTribe .menu .devRoom").remove();
+  }
+
   setTimeout(() => {
     TribeSocket.connect();
   }, 500);
@@ -228,8 +232,13 @@ async function connect(): Promise<void> {
   if (autoJoinCode !== undefined) {
     TribePagePreloader.updateText(`Joining room ${autoJoinCode}`);
     TribePagePreloader.updateSubtext("Please wait...");
+
     setTimeout(() => {
-      joinRoom(autoJoinCode);
+      if (autoJoinCode === "dev" && isDevEnvironment()) {
+        void TribeSocket.out.dev?.room();
+      } else {
+        joinRoom(autoJoinCode);
+      }
     }, 500);
   } else {
     void TribePages.change("menu");