diff --git a/rockAtlas/cl_utils.py b/rockAtlas/cl_utils.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/rockAtlas/cl_utils.py
+++ b/rockAtlas/cl_utils.py
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ def main(arguments=None):
         from rockAtlas.phot import download
         data = download(
             log=log,
-            settings=settings
+            settings=settings,
+            dev_flag=True
         )
         data.get(days=days)
 
diff --git a/rockAtlas/phot/download.py b/rockAtlas/phot/download.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/rockAtlas/phot/download.py
+++ b/rockAtlas/phot/download.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class download():
             self,
             log,
             settings=False,
-            dev_flag=0
+            dev_flag=False
     ):
         self.log = log
         log.debug("instansiating a new 'download' object")
dev_flag to downloader