diff --git a/authentik/lib/utils/reflection.py b/authentik/lib/utils/reflection.py
index c5acfbc0c..8f96f2b00 100644
--- a/authentik/lib/utils/reflection.py
+++ b/authentik/lib/utils/reflection.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 """authentik lib reflection utilities"""
+import os
 from importlib import import_module
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Union
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from kubernetes.config.incluster_config import SERVICE_HOST_ENV_NAME
+
+from authentik.lib.config import CONFIG
 
 
 def all_subclasses(cls, sort=True):
@@ -42,3 +47,16 @@ def get_apps():
     for _app in apps.get_app_configs():
         if _app.name.startswith("authentik"):
             yield _app
+
+
+def get_env() -> str:
+    """Get environment in which authentik is currently running"""
+    if SERVICE_HOST_ENV_NAME in os.environ:
+        return "kubernetes"
+    elif "CI" in os.environ:
+        return "ci"
+    elif Path("/tmp/authentik-mode").exists():  # nosec
+        return "compose"
+    elif CONFIG.y_bool("debug"):
+        return "dev"
+    return "custom"
diff --git a/authentik/root/settings.py b/authentik/root/settings.py
index 2b07dee85..d2eb9d1e9 100644
--- a/authentik/root/settings.py
+++ b/authentik/root/settings.py
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ import os
 import sys
 from hashlib import sha512
 from json import dumps
-from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import gettempdir
 from time import time
 
 import structlog
 from celery.schedules import crontab
-from kubernetes.config.incluster_config import SERVICE_HOST_ENV_NAME
 from sentry_sdk import init as sentry_init
 from sentry_sdk.api import set_tag
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.celery import CeleryIntegration
@@ -35,6 +33,7 @@ from authentik.lib.config import CONFIG
 from authentik.lib.logging import add_process_id
 from authentik.lib.sentry import before_send
 from authentik.lib.utils.http import get_http_session
+from authentik.lib.utils.reflection import get_env
 from authentik.stages.password import BACKEND_APP_PASSWORD, BACKEND_INBUILT, BACKEND_LDAP
 
 
@@ -408,12 +407,7 @@ build_hash = os.environ.get(ENV_GIT_HASH_KEY, "")
 if build_hash == "":
     build_hash = "tagged"
 
-env = "custom"
-if SERVICE_HOST_ENV_NAME in os.environ:
-    env = "kubernetes"
-elif Path("/tmp/authentik-mode").exists():  # nosec
-    env = "compose"
-
+env = get_env()
 _ERROR_REPORTING = CONFIG.y_bool("error_reporting.enabled", False)
 if _ERROR_REPORTING:
     # pylint: disable=abstract-class-instantiated