diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
index e9ee807..dcf681b 100644
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 ((emacs-lisp-mode
   (eval . (require 'org-roam-dev))
-  (sentence-end-double-space . nil)))
+  (eval . (org-roam-dev-mode))))
diff --git a/org-roam-dev.el b/org-roam-dev.el
index d0fdb12..469d9c5 100644
--- a/org-roam-dev.el
+++ b/org-roam-dev.el
@@ -33,7 +33,14 @@
 ;;
 ;;; Code:
 (require 'emacsql)
-(emacsql-fix-vector-indentation)
-(provide 'org-roam-dev)
 
+;;;###autoload
+(define-minor-mode org-roam-dev-mode
+  "Minor mode for setting the dev environment of Org-roam."
+  :lighter " ORD"
+  (when org-roam-dev-mode
+    (emacsql-fix-vector-indentation)
+    (setq-local sentence-end-double-space nil)))
+
+(provide 'org-roam-dev)
 ;;; org-roam-dev.el ends here