diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index d2ac2e75d..9b24dbf01 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 var defaultConfig = {
   // DEFAULT network (livenet or testnet)
   networkName: 'livenet',
+  forceNetwork: false,
 
   // DEFAULT unit: Bit
   unitName: 'bits',
@@ -124,3 +125,5 @@ var defaultConfig = {
   disableVideo: true,
   verbose: 1,
 };
+if (typeof module !== 'undefined')
+  module.exports = defaultConfig;
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index c3d25ae3c..cac7012c4 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -849,8 +849,15 @@
           <div class="small-12 medium-6 medium-centered large-6 large-centered columns">
             <fieldset>
               <legend>Bitcoin Network</legend>
-              <input id="network-name" type="checkbox" ng-model="networkName" ng-true-value="livenet" ng-false-value="testnet" class="form-control" ng-click="changeNetwork()">
-              <label for="network-name">Livenet</label>
+              <div ng-if="!forceNetwork">
+                <input id="network-name" type="checkbox" ng-model="networkName"
+                 ng-true-value="livenet" ng-false-value="testnet" class="form-control" ng-click="changeNetwork()">
+                <label for="network-name">Livenet</label>
+              </div>
+              <div ng-if="forceNetwork">
+                Network has been fixed to <strong>{{networkName}}</strong> in this setup. See <a href="https://copay.io">copay.io</a>
+                 for options to use Copay on both livenet and testnet.
+              </div>
             </fieldset>
             <fieldset>
               <legend>Wallet Unit</legend>
diff --git a/js/controllers/settings.js b/js/controllers/settings.js
index 5d1d21868..cb1c7852c 100644
--- a/js/controllers/settings.js
+++ b/js/controllers/settings.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ angular.module('copayApp.controllers').controller('SettingsController',
     $scope.networkPort = config.network.port;
     $scope.networkSecure = config.network.secure || false;
     $scope.disableVideo = typeof config.disableVideo === undefined ? true : config.disableVideo;
+    $scope.forceNetwork = config.forceNetwork;
 
     $scope.unitOpts = [{
       name: 'Satoshis (100,000,000 satoshis = 1BTC)',
diff --git a/js/models/core/Wallet.js b/js/models/core/Wallet.js
index 7e892dd42..5e0be4c44 100644
--- a/js/models/core/Wallet.js
+++ b/js/models/core/Wallet.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var AddressIndex = require('./AddressIndex');
 var PublicKeyRing = require('./PublicKeyRing');
 var TxProposals = require('./TxProposals');
 var PrivateKey = require('./PrivateKey');
+var copayConfig = require('../../../config');
 
 function Wallet(opts) {
   var self = this;
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ function Wallet(opts) {
       throw new Error('missing required option for Wallet: ' + k);
     self[k] = opts[k];
   });
+  if (copayConfig.forceNetwork && opts.networkName !== copayConfig.networkName)
+    throw new Error('Network forced to '+copayConfig.networkName+
+        ' and tried to create a Wallet with network '+opts.networkName);
 
   this.log('creating ' + opts.requiredCopayers + ' of ' + opts.totalCopayers + ' wallet');
 
diff --git a/test/test.Wallet.js b/test/test.Wallet.js
index 42991ed57..b1f354cc6 100644
--- a/test/test.Wallet.js
+++ b/test/test.Wallet.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ try {
 } catch (e) {
   var copay = require('../copay'); //node
 }
+var copayConfig = require('../config');
 var Wallet = require('../js/models/core/Wallet');
 var Structure = copay.Structure;
 var Storage = require('./mocks/FakeStorage');
@@ -950,4 +951,14 @@ describe('Wallet model', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#forceNetwork in config', function() {
+    it('should throw if network is different', function() {
+      var backup = copayConfig.forceNetwork;
+      copayConfig.forceNetwork = true;
+      config.networkName = 'livenet';
+      cachedCreateW2.should.throw(Error);
+      copayConfig.forceNetwork = backup;
+    });
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/util/build.js b/util/build.js
index e7cf06fa5..aff69a73c 100755
--- a/util/build.js
+++ b/util/build.js
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ var createBundle = function(opts) {
   b.require('./js/models/core/Message', {
     expose: '../js/models/core/Message'
   });
+  b.require('./config', {
+    expose: '../config'
+  }); 
+  b.require('./js/models/core/Structure', {
+    expose: '../js/models/core/Structure'
+  }); 
 
   if (opts.dontminify) {
     //include dev dependencies