diff --git a/src/services/discordBotServices.ts b/src/services/discordBotServices.ts
index 5550262..fea813c 100644
--- a/src/services/discordBotServices.ts
+++ b/src/services/discordBotServices.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ export const updateUserRoles = async (env: env, payload: DiscordUserRole[]): Pro
 	try {
 		const url = config(env).DISCORD_BOT_API_URL;
 		const token = await generateDiscordBotJwt(env);
-
-		const response = await env.DISCORD_BOT.fetch(`${url}/roles?action=add-role`, {
+		//TODO(@Ajeyakrishna-k): remove dev flag https://github.com/Real-Dev-Squad/discord-slash-commands/issues/193
+		const devQuery = env.FF_CRON_DISCORD_KEY_PAIR_FLOW === 'true' ? '&dev=true' : '';
+		const response = await env.DISCORD_BOT.fetch(`${url}/roles?action=add-role${devQuery}`, {
 			method: 'POST',
 			headers: {
 				Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
diff --git a/src/utils/generateJwt.ts b/src/utils/generateJwt.ts
index dd1c203..4a7f278 100644
--- a/src/utils/generateJwt.ts
+++ b/src/utils/generateJwt.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ export const generateJwt = async (env: env) => {
 
 export const generateDiscordBotJwt = async (env: env) => {
 	try {
+		//TODO(@Ajeyakrishna-k): remove dev flag https://github.com/Real-Dev-Squad/discord-slash-commands/issues/193
+		const privateKey = env.FF_CRON_DISCORD_KEY_PAIR_FLOW === 'true' ? env.DISCORD_SERVICE_PRIVATE_KEY : env.DISCORD_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY;
 		const authToken = await jwt.sign(
 			{
 				exp: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 60,
 			},
-			env.DISCORD_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY,
+			privateKey,
 			{ algorithm: 'RS256' },
 		);
 		return authToken;