diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8fba0c9..2951102 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ To keep all Bridgeheads up and working and detect any errors before a user does,
 
 In all monitoring cases, obviously no sensitive information is transmitted, in particular not any patient-related data. Aggregated data, e.g. total amount of datasets, may be transmitted for diagnostic purposes.
 
+### Development Installation
+
+By using `./bridgehead dev-install <projectname>` instead of `install`, you can install a developer bridgehead. The difference is, that you can provide an arbitrary configuration repository during the installation, meaning that it does not have to adhere to the usual naming scheme. This allows for better decoupling between development and production configurations.
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 ### Docker Daemon Proxy Configuration
diff --git a/bridgehead b/bridgehead
index ecf4ec0..227a0d7 100755
--- a/bridgehead
+++ b/bridgehead
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ case "$ACTION" in
 		exec ./lib/update-bridgehead.sh $PROJECT
 		;;
 	install)
-		source ./lib/prepare-system.sh
+		source ./lib/prepare-system.sh NODEV
+		loadVars
+		exec ./lib/install-bridgehead.sh $PROJECT
+		;;
+	dev-install)
+		exec ./lib/prepare-system.sh DEV
 		loadVars
 		exec ./lib/install-bridgehead.sh $PROJECT
 		;;
diff --git a/lib/prepare-system.sh b/lib/prepare-system.sh
index 3015f67..c0caa79 100755
--- a/lib/prepare-system.sh
+++ b/lib/prepare-system.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+DEV_MODE="${1:-NODEV}"
+
 source lib/log.sh
 source lib/functions.sh
 
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ if [ -d /etc/bridgehead ]; then
     else
         log "WARN" "Your site configuration repository in /etc/bridgehead seems to have another origin than git.verbis.dkfz.de. Please check if the repository is correctly cloned!"
     fi
-else
+elif [[ "$DEV_MODE" == "NODEV" ]]; then
     log "INFO" "Now cloning your site configuration repository for you."
     read -p "Please enter your site: " site
     read -s -p "Please enter the bridgehead's access token for your site configuration repository (will not be echoed): " access_token
@@ -73,9 +75,13 @@ else
     if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
         log "ERROR" "Unable to clone your configuration repository. Please obtain correct access data and try again."
     fi
+elif [[ "$DEV_MODE" == "DEV" ]]; then
+    log "INFO" "Now cloning your developer configuration repository for you."
+    read -p "Please enter your config repository URL: " url
+    git clone "$url" /etc/bridgehead
 fi
 
 chown -R bridgehead /etc/bridgehead /srv/docker/bridgehead
 
-log INFO "System preparation is completed and private key is present."
+log INFO "System preparation is completed and configuration is present."