diff -r 03c06a7820d3 -r 6eb0725d509d devtools/devctl.py
--- a/devtools/devctl.py	Mon Dec 22 18:20:26 2008 +0100
+++ b/devtools/devctl.py	Mon Dec 22 19:00:20 2008 +0100
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@
         if len(args) != 1:
             raise BadCommandUsage("exactly one argument (cube name) is expected")
         cubename, = args
-        if ServerConfiguration.mode != "dev":
-            self.fail("you can only create new cubes in development mode")
+        #if ServerConfiguration.mode != "dev":
+        #    self.fail("you can only create new cubes in development mode")
         verbose = self.get('verbose')
         cubedir = ServerConfiguration.CUBES_DIR
         if not isdir(cubedir):