diff --git a/server/Server.js b/server/Server.js
index 99e72d0c..1a8db406 100644
--- a/server/Server.js
+++ b/server/Server.js
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class Server {
        * Running in development allows cors to allow testing the mobile apps in the browser
        * or env variable ALLOW_CORS = '1'
        */
-      if (Logger.isDev || req.path.match(/\/api\/items\/([a-z0-9-]{36})\/(ebook|cover)(\/[0-9]+)?/)) {
+      if (global.AllowCors || Logger.isDev || req.path.match(/\/api\/items\/([a-z0-9-]{36})\/(ebook|cover)(\/[0-9]+)?/)) {
         const allowedOrigins = ['capacitor://localhost', 'http://localhost']
         if (global.AllowCors || Logger.isDev || allowedOrigins.some((o) => o === req.get('origin'))) {
           res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', req.get('origin'))