diff --git a/build-lists.js b/build-lists.js
index 096fc2d..fbed236 100644
--- a/build-lists.js
+++ b/build-lists.js
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
 import dotenv from 'dotenv'
 
+import buildFakeList from './helpers/build-fake-app-list.js'
 import buildAppList from './helpers/build-app-list.js'
 import buildGamesList from './helpers/build-game-list.js'
 import buildHomebrewList from './helpers/build-homebrew-list.js'
 import buildVideoList from './helpers/build-video-list.js'
 import buildDeviceList from './helpers/build-device-list.js'
 
+
+import { isProduction } from './helpers/environment.js'
 import { videosRelatedToApp } from './helpers/related.js'
 import { buildVideoPayload, buildAppBenchmarkPayload } from './helpers/build-payload.js'
 
@@ -51,7 +54,10 @@ class BuildLists {
         {
             name: 'app',
             path: '/static/app-list.json',
-            buildMethod: buildAppList,
+            buildMethod: async () => (await Promise.all([
+                buildFakeList({ totalApps: !isProduction ? 500 : 0 }),
+                buildAppList()
+            ])).flat(1)
         },
         {
             name: 'game',
diff --git a/helpers/build-fake-app-list.js b/helpers/build-fake-app-list.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8dea50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/build-fake-app-list.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+
+import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
+
+// import statuses, { getStatusName } from './statuses'
+// import appStoreGenres from './app-store/genres.js'
+// import { findCategoryForTagsSet } from './categories.js'
+import parseDate from './parse-date.js'
+// import { eitherMatches } from './matching.js'
+import { getAppEndpoint } from './app-derived'
+import { makeSlug } from './slug.js'
+
+
+
+export default async function ( options = {} ) {
+
+    const {
+        totalApps = 100
+    } = options
+
+    const appList = []
+
+
+    for (let i=0; i<totalApps; i++) {
+
+        const fakeAppId = uuid()
+
+        const name = `Fake App ${fakeAppId}`
+        const slug = makeSlug( name )
+
+        const category = {
+            label: 'Developer Tools',
+            slug: 'developer-tools'
+        }
+
+        appList.push({
+            name,
+            aliases: [],
+            status: '',
+            bundleId: '',
+            lastUpdated: parseDate( '2021-02-07T03:20:42.086Z' ),
+            // url,
+            text: '🔶 App has not yet been reported to be native to Apple Silicon',
+            slug,
+            endpoint: getAppEndpoint({
+                category: {
+                    slug: null
+                },
+                slug: slug
+            }),
+            category,
+            tags: [
+                'fake'
+            ],
+            // content: token.content,
+            relatedLinks: [
+                {
+                    label: 'Website',
+                    href: 'https://doesitarm.com/apple-silicon-app-test/',
+                }
+            ],
+        })
+
+    }
+
+
+    return appList
+}