diff --git a/Chrome Extension/script.js b/Chrome Extension/script.js
index 2abad384..87dba66b 100644
--- a/Chrome Extension/script.js	
+++ b/Chrome Extension/script.js	
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ function ffz_init()
 	var script = document.createElement('script');
 	script.type = 'text/javascript';
 
-	var debug = localStorage.ffzDebugMode == "true";
-
-	if ( debug ) {
+	if ( localStorage.ffzDebugMode == "true" ) {
+		// Developer Mode is enabled. But is the server running? Check before
+		// we include the script, otherwise someone could break their
+		// experience and not be able to recover.
 		var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
 		xhr.open("GET", "http://localhost:8000/dev_server", true);
 		xhr.onload = function(e) {