diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/cli/commands.ts b/packages/remix-dev/cli/commands.ts
index 200a7a81dc6..450a11b20b0 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/cli/commands.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/cli/commands.ts
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ export async function dev(
 ) {
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV && process.env.NODE_ENV !== "development") {
     console.warn(
-      `Forcing NODE_ENV to be 'development'. Was: ${process.env.NODE_ENV}`
+      `Forcing NODE_ENV to be 'development'. Was: ${JSON.stringify(
+        process.env.NODE_ENV
+      )}`
     );
   }
   process.env.NODE_ENV = "development";