diff --git a/rattail_demo/web/views/tempmon.py b/rattail_demo/web/views/tempmon.py
index fe72b81..8b36dce 100644
--- a/rattail_demo/web/views/tempmon.py
+++ b/rattail_demo/web/views/tempmon.py
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ class TempmonClientView(BaseTempmonClientView):
         return client.config_key == 'demo'
 
     def get_restart_cmd(self, client):
-        return ['ssh', 'demo.rattailproject.org', 'sudo service demo-tempmon-client restart']
+        if self.rattail_config.production():
+            return ['ssh', 'demo.rattailproject.org', 'sudo service demo-tempmon-client restart']
+        # just mock it out when testing
+        return ['sleep', '2']
 
 
 class TempmonProbeView(BaseTempmonProbeView):