diff --git a/src/components/TestToolMenu.js b/src/components/TestToolMenu.js
index 10f12bac71d0..226c5a9897ce 100644
--- a/src/components/TestToolMenu.js
+++ b/src/components/TestToolMenu.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import _ from 'underscore';
 import {withOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
 import lodashGet from 'lodash/get';
 import styles from '../styles/styles';
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ import TestToolRow from './TestToolRow';
 import networkPropTypes from './networkPropTypes';
 import compose from '../libs/compose';
 import {withNetwork} from './OnyxProvider';
+import getPlatform from '../libs/getPlatform';
+import CONST from '../CONST';
 
 const propTypes = {
     /** User object in Onyx */
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ const TestToolMenu = props => (
         This enables QA and internal testers to take advantage of sandbox environments for 3rd party services like Plaid and Onfido. */}
         <TestToolRow title="Use Staging Server">
             <Switch
-                isOn={lodashGet(props, 'user.shouldUseStagingServer', true)}
+                isOn={lodashGet(props, 'user.shouldUseStagingServer', _.contains([CONST.PLATFORM.WEB, CONST.PLATFORM.DESKTOP], getPlatform()))}
                 onToggle={() => User.setShouldUseStagingServer(!lodashGet(props, 'user.shouldUseStagingServer', true))}
             />
         </TestToolRow>
diff --git a/src/libs/HttpUtils.js b/src/libs/HttpUtils.js
index 60971fe1b0b3..5fedc22f4d56 100644
--- a/src/libs/HttpUtils.js
+++ b/src/libs/HttpUtils.js
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ import CONFIG from '../CONFIG';
 import CONST from '../CONST';
 import ONYXKEYS from '../ONYXKEYS';
 import HttpsError from './Errors/HttpsError';
+import shouldUseStagingServer from './shouldUseStagingServer';
+import getPlatform from './getPlatform';
 
-let shouldUseStagingServer = false;
+// Desktop and web use staging config too so we we should default to staging API endpoint if on those platforms
+const shouldDefaultToStaging = _.contains([CONST.PLATFORM.WEB, CONST.PLATFORM.DESKTOP], getPlatform());
+let stagingServerToggleState = false;
 Onyx.connect({
     key: ONYXKEYS.USER,
-    callback: val => shouldUseStagingServer = lodashGet(val, 'shouldUseStagingServer', true),
+    callback: val => stagingServerToggleState = lodashGet(val, 'shouldUseStagingServer', shouldDefaultToStaging),
 });
 
 let shouldFailAllRequests = false;
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ function xhr(command, data, type = CONST.NETWORK.METHOD.POST, shouldUseSecure =
 
     let apiRoot = shouldUseSecure ? CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.SECURE_EXPENSIFY_URL : CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.URL_API_ROOT;
 
-    if (CONFIG.IS_IN_STAGING && shouldUseStagingServer) {
+    if (shouldUseStagingServer(stagingServerToggleState)) {
         apiRoot = shouldUseSecure ? CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.STAGING_SECURE_EXPENSIFY_URL : CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.STAGING_EXPENSIFY_URL;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libs/shouldUseStagingServer/index.js b/src/libs/shouldUseStagingServer/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..745dd03b4489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/shouldUseStagingServer/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import CONFIG from '../../CONFIG';
+
+/**
+ * Helper method used to decide which API endpoint to call
+ *
+ * @param {Boolean} stagingServerToggleState
+ * @returns {Boolean}
+ */
+function shouldUseStagingServer(stagingServerToggleState) {
+    return CONFIG.IS_IN_STAGING && stagingServerToggleState;
+}
+
+export default shouldUseStagingServer;
diff --git a/src/libs/shouldUseStagingServer/index.native.js b/src/libs/shouldUseStagingServer/index.native.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92baff89c835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/shouldUseStagingServer/index.native.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import * as Environment from '../Environment/Environment';
+
+/**
+ * Helper method used to decide which API endpoint to call in the Native apps.
+ * We build the staging native apps with production env config so we cannot rely on those values,
+ * hence we will decide solely on the value of the shouldUseStagingServer value (always false in production).
+ *
+ * @param {Boolean} stagingServerToggleState
+ * @returns {Boolean}
+ */
+export default function shouldUseStagingServer(stagingServerToggleState) {
+    return !Environment.isDevelopment() && stagingServerToggleState;
+}