diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/scripts/ExecuteCodeAction.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/scripts/ExecuteCodeAction.java
index 51b7b6cb..2e7e811f 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/scripts/ExecuteCodeAction.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/actions/scripts/ExecuteCodeAction.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.scripts.logging.QCodeExecutionLogg
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.scripts.logging.ScriptExecutionLoggerInterface;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.scripts.logging.StoreScriptLogAndScriptLogLineExecutionLogger;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.tables.QueryAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QCodeException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.QLogger;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.code.QCodeType;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.scripts.ScriptRevision;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.scripts.ScriptRevisionFile;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.CollectionUtils;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.ObjectUtils;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.StringUtils;
 
 
@@ -112,6 +114,11 @@ public class ExecuteCodeAction
             context.putAll(input.getInput());
          }
 
+         //////////////////////////////////////////
+         // safely always set the deploymentMode //
+         //////////////////////////////////////////
+         context.put("deploymentMode", ObjectUtils.tryAndRequireNonNullElse(() -> QContext.getQInstance().getDeploymentMode(), null));
+
          /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
          // set the qCodeExecutor into any context objects which are QCodeExecutorAware //
          /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/QInstance.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/QInstance.java
index 4c05c923..8d7aef20 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/QInstance.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/QInstance.java
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public class QInstance
 
    private Map<String, QSupplementalInstanceMetaData> supplementalMetaData = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
+   private String              deploymentMode;
    private Map<String, String> environmentValues = new LinkedHashMap<>();
    private String              defaultTimeZoneId = "UTC";
 
@@ -1165,4 +1166,36 @@ public class QInstance
       }
       this.joinGraph = joinGraph;
    }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Getter for deploymentMode
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public String getDeploymentMode()
+   {
+      return (this.deploymentMode);
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Setter for deploymentMode
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public void setDeploymentMode(String deploymentMode)
+   {
+      this.deploymentMode = deploymentMode;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Fluent setter for deploymentMode
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public QInstance withDeploymentMode(String deploymentMode)
+   {
+      this.deploymentMode = deploymentMode;
+      return (this);
+   }
+
 }
diff --git a/qqq-language-support-javascript/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/languages/javascript/ExecuteCodeActionTest.java b/qqq-language-support-javascript/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/languages/javascript/ExecuteCodeActionTest.java
index 94f128bb..6d0467d8 100644
--- a/qqq-language-support-javascript/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/languages/javascript/ExecuteCodeActionTest.java
+++ b/qqq-language-support-javascript/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/languages/javascript/ExecuteCodeActionTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.scripts.ExecuteCodeAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.scripts.QCodeExecutor;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.scripts.QCodeExecutorAware;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.context.QContext;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QCodeException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.scripts.ExecuteCodeInput;
@@ -307,6 +308,32 @@ class ExecuteCodeActionTest extends BaseTest
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testDeploymentModeIsInContext() throws QException
+   {
+      String scriptSource = """
+         return (deploymentMode);
+         """;
+
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // first, with no deployment mode in the qInstance, make sure we can run, but get a null output //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      OneTestOutput oneTestOutput = testOne(null, scriptSource, new HashMap<>());
+      assertNull(oneTestOutput.executeCodeOutput.getOutput());
+
+      /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // next, set a deploymentMode, and assert that we get it back out. //
+      /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      QContext.getQInstance().setDeploymentMode("unit-test");
+      oneTestOutput = testOne(null, scriptSource, new HashMap<>());
+      assertEquals("unit-test", oneTestOutput.executeCodeOutput.getOutput());
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/