diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/client/sdk.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/client/sdk.ts
index 45c02583cbfc..7f1fc4d6afe7 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/client/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/client/sdk.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ import type { SentryNuxtClientOptions } from '../common/types';
  * @param options Configuration options for the SDK.
  */
 export function init(options: SentryNuxtClientOptions): Client | undefined {
+  console.log(options)
+  console.log(import.meta.dev)
+
   const sentryOptions = {
     /* BrowserTracing is added later with the Nuxt client plugin */
     defaultIntegrations: [...getBrowserDefaultIntegrations(options)],
+    environment: import.meta.dev ? 'development' : 'production',
     ...options,
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/server/sdk.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/server/sdk.ts
index 9eaa2f274818..8b2460efab20 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/server/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/server/sdk.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ import type { SentryNuxtServerOptions } from '../common/types';
  * @param options Configuration options for the SDK.
  */
 export function init(options: SentryNuxtServerOptions): Client | undefined {
+  console.log(options)
+  console.log(import.meta.dev)
+
   const sentryOptions = {
-    ...options,
     defaultIntegrations: getNuxtDefaultIntegrations(options),
+    environment: import.meta.dev ? 'development' : 'production',
+    ...options,
   };
 
   applySdkMetadata(sentryOptions, 'nuxt', ['nuxt', 'node']);