diff --git a/app/services/api.rb b/app/services/api.rb
index 589cc0275..a06f328be 100644
--- a/app/services/api.rb
+++ b/app/services/api.rb
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ module Api
     attr_accessor :core_api_token_ttl
     attr_accessor :core_api_token_iss
     attr_accessor :azure_ad_apps
+    attr_accessor :core_api_v1_preview
 
     def initialize
       @core_api_sign_alg = 'HS256'
       @core_api_token_ttl = 30.minutes
       @core_api_token_iss = 'SciNote'
       @azure_ad_apps = {}
+      @core_api_v1_preview = false
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/api.rb b/config/initializers/api.rb
index 4ab3e3898..cad116bbf 100644
--- a/config/initializers/api.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/api.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Api.configure do |config|
     config.core_api_token_iss = ENV['CORE_API_TOKEN_ISS']
   end
 
+  config.core_api_v1_preview = true if ENV['CORE_API_V1_PREVIEW']
+
   vars = ENV.select { |name, _| name =~ /^[[:alnum:]]*_AZURE_AD_APP_ID/ }
   vars.each do |name, value|
     app_name = name.sub('_AZURE_AD_APP_ID', '')
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index ddca6879a..785cd4805 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -540,8 +540,10 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
       get 'health', to: 'api#health'
       get 'status', to: 'api#status'
       post 'auth/token', to: 'api#authenticate'
-      namespace :v1 do
-        resources :teams, only: %i(index show) do
+      if Api.configuration.core_api_v1_preview
+        namespace :v1 do
+          resources :teams, only: %i(index show) do
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 79e319489..1f74b4ae3 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ require 'database_cleaner'
 require 'devise'
 require_relative 'support/controller_macros'
 ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = 'test'
+
+ENV['CORE_API_V1_PREVIEW'] = 'true'
+
 require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
 # Prevent database truncation if the environment is production
 abort('The Rails environment is running in production mode!') if Rails.env.production?