diff --git a/lib/app_config.dart b/lib/app_config.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e6e7edaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/app_config.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// TODO(#946): make discord work inside the snap
+// or leave it for linux disabled if this won't work
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+
+bool allowDiscordRPC = kDebugMode ||
+    bool.tryParse(const String.fromEnvironment('ALLOW_DISCORD_RPC')) == true;
diff --git a/lib/constants.dart b/lib/constants.dart
index 13a1f1842..741632524 100644
--- a/lib/constants.dart
+++ b/lib/constants.dart
@@ -187,7 +187,3 @@ const kAlbumArtHeaders = {
 const kAudioHeaderDescriptionWidth = 400.0;
 
 const kShowLeadingThreshold = 3000;
-
-// TODO(#946): make discord work inside the snap
-// or leave it for linux disabled if this won't work
-bool kDiscordEnabledOnPlatform = true;
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 3ee694cda..6ea47a0a8 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import '../../library/library_model.dart';
 import 'app/app_model.dart';
 import 'app/connectivity_model.dart';
 import 'app/view/app.dart';
+import 'app_config.dart';
 import 'constants.dart';
 import 'expose/expose_service.dart';
 import 'library/library_service.dart';
@@ -59,8 +60,8 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
   final sharedPreferences = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
   final version = (await PackageInfo.fromPlatform()).version;
 
-  final enableDiscord = kDiscordEnabledOnPlatform &&
-      sharedPreferences.get(kEnableDiscordRPC) == true;
+  final enableDiscord =
+      allowDiscordRPC && sharedPreferences.get(kEnableDiscordRPC) == true;
   if (enableDiscord) {
     await FlutterDiscordRPC.initialize(kDiscordApplicationId);
     FlutterDiscordRPC.instance.connect();
diff --git a/lib/settings/view/settings_page.dart b/lib/settings/view/settings_page.dart
index 9f31cdbe9..ad8be753a 100644
--- a/lib/settings/view/settings_page.dart
+++ b/lib/settings/view/settings_page.dart
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import 'package:yaru/yaru.dart';
 
 import '../../app/app_model.dart';
 import '../../app/connectivity_model.dart';
+import '../../app_config.dart';
 import '../../common/data/close_btn_action.dart';
 import '../../common/view/common_widgets.dart';
 import '../../common/view/drop_down_arrow.dart';
@@ -495,15 +496,15 @@ class _ExposeOnlineSection extends StatelessWidget with WatchItMixin {
           YaruTile(
             title: Text(l10n.exposeToDiscordTitle),
             subtitle: Text(
-              kDiscordEnabledOnPlatform
+              allowDiscordRPC
                   ? l10n.exposeToDiscordSubTitle
                   : l10n.featureDisabledOnPlatform,
             ),
             trailing: CommonSwitch(
-              value: kDiscordEnabledOnPlatform
+              value: allowDiscordRPC
                   ? watchPropertyValue((SettingsModel m) => m.enableDiscordRPC)
                   : false,
-              onChanged: kDiscordEnabledOnPlatform
+              onChanged: allowDiscordRPC
                   ? di<SettingsModel>().setEnableDiscordRPC
                   : null,
             ),