diff --git a/data/compile.py b/data/compile.py
index 68082d609..8fa41def3 100644
--- a/data/compile.py
+++ b/data/compile.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     structure,
     tumonline,
 )
-from utils import DEBUG_MODE, setup_logging
+from utils import DEV_MODE, setup_logging
 
 
 # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-statements
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    setup_logging(level=logging.DEBUG if DEBUG_MODE else logging.INFO)
+    setup_logging(level=logging.DEBUG if DEV_MODE else logging.INFO)
 
     # Pillow prints all imported modules to the debug stream
     logging.getLogger("PIL").setLevel(logging.INFO)
diff --git a/data/processors/images.py b/data/processors/images.py
index 7c77e39cc..d0472e472 100644
--- a/data/processors/images.py
+++ b/data/processors/images.py
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@
 from typing import Any, NamedTuple, TypeVar
 
 import pydantic
-import utils
 import yaml
-from external.models.common import PydanticConfiguration
 from PIL import Image
 from pydantic import Field
 from pydantic.networks import HttpUrl
 
+import utils
+from external.models.common import PydanticConfiguration
+
 
 class UrlStr(PydanticConfiguration):
     text: str
@@ -219,9 +220,6 @@ def _extract_offsets(_id: str, _index: int, img_path: Path, img_sources: dict[st
 
 def _get_hash_lut() -> dict[str, str]:
     """Get a lookup table for the hash of the image files content and offset if present"""
-    if not DEV_MODE:
-        return {}
-    logging.info("Since GIT_COMMIT_SHA is unset, we assume this is acting in In Dev mode.")
     logging.info("Only files, with sha256(file-content)_sha256(offset) not present in the .hash_lut.json will be used")
     if HASH_LUT.is_file():
         with open(HASH_LUT, encoding="utf-8") as file:
@@ -268,13 +266,12 @@ def resize_and_crop() -> None:
         for img_path in IMAGE_SOURCE.glob("*.webp"):
             _id, _index = parse_image_filename(img_path.name)
             offsets = _extract_offsets(_id, _index, img_path, img_sources)
+            actual_hash = _gen_file_hash(img_path, offsets)
+            if actual_hash == expected_hashes_lut.get(img_path.name, ""):
+                continue  # skip this image, since it (and its offsets) have not changed
             if DEV_MODE:
-                actual_hash = _gen_file_hash(img_path, offsets)
-                if actual_hash == expected_hashes_lut.get(img_path.name, ""):
-                    continue  # skip this image, since it (and its offsets) have not changed
                 logging.debug(f"Image '{img_path.name}' has changed, resizing and cropping...")
             executor.submit(_refresh_for_all_resolutions, RefreshResolutionOrder(img_path, offsets))
-    if DEV_MODE:
-        _save_hash_lut(img_sources)
-        resize_and_crop_time = time.time() - start_time
-        logging.info(f"Resize and crop took {resize_and_crop_time:.2f}s")
+    _save_hash_lut(img_sources)
+    resize_and_crop_time = time.time() - start_time
+    logging.info(f"Resize and crop took {resize_and_crop_time:.2f}s")
diff --git a/data/processors/sitemap.py b/data/processors/sitemap.py
index a8b8d6e54..12c959bd7 100644
--- a/data/processors/sitemap.py
+++ b/data/processors/sitemap.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 import requests
 from defusedxml import ElementTree as defusedET
 
-from utils import DEBUG_MODE
-
 OLD_DATA_URL = "https://nav.tum.de/cdn/api_data.json"
 
 
@@ -35,9 +33,6 @@ class SimplifiedSitemaps(TypedDict):
 
 def generate_sitemap() -> None:
     """Generate a sitemap that diffs changes since to the currently online data"""
-    if DEBUG_MODE:
-        logging.info("Skipping sitemap generation in Dev Mode (GIT_COMMIT_SHA is unset)")
-        return
 
     # Load exported data. This function is intentionally not using the data object
     # directly, but re-parsing the output file instead, because the export not
diff --git a/data/utils.py b/data/utils.py
index 2bef0bfad..1ebe1a12b 100644
--- a/data/utils.py
+++ b/data/utils.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 with open(TRANSLATION_BUFFER_PATH, encoding="utf-8") as yaml_file:
     TRANSLATION_BUFFER = yaml.load(yaml_file)
 
-DEBUG_MODE = "GIT_COMMIT_SHA" not in os.environ
+DEV_MODE = "GIT_COMMIT_SHA" not in os.environ
 
 
 class TranslatableStr(dict):