vue-devtools always disabled with nuxt.js

I am creating a new project using nuxt.js v2.3.0. When I run npm run dev in my IDE console everything compiles correctly but when I go to the page I get the following error: Nuxt.js + Vue.js is detected on this page. Devtools inspection is not available because it's in production mode or explicitly disabled by the author.

Here is my nuxt.config.js file:

const pkg = require('./package');

module.exports = {
  mode: 'spa',

  dev: true,
  /*
  ** Headers of the page
  */
  head: {
    title: pkg.name,
    meta: [
      { charset: 'utf-8' },
      { name: 'viewport', content: 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1' },
      { hid: 'description', name: 'description', content: pkg.description }
    ],
    link: [
      { rel: 'icon', type: 'image/x-icon', href: '/favicon.ico' }
    ],
    bodyAttrs: {
      class: 'h-100'
    },
    htmlAttrs: {
      class: 'h-100'
    }
  },

  /*
  ** Global CSS
  */
  css: [
    '@/assets/app.css'
  ],

  /*
  ** Plugins to load before mounting the App
  */
  plugins: [
    '~/plugins/vue-notifications',
    '~/plugins/vue2-sidebar'
  ],

  /*
  ** Nuxt.js modules
  */
  modules: [
    // Doc: https://github.com/nuxt-community/axios-module#usage
    '@nuxtjs/axios',
    // Doc: https://bootstrap-vue.js.org/docs/
    'bootstrap-vue/nuxt',
    // Doc: https://auth.nuxtjs.org/getting-starterd/setup
    '@nuxtjs/auth',
    '@nuxtjs/toast',
    '@nuxtjs/font-awesome'
  ],
  /*
  ** Axios module configuration
  */
  axios: {
    baseURL: 'http://users:8000'
  },

  /*
  ** Auth module configuration
  */
  auth: {
    strategies: {
      password_grant: {
        _scheme: 'local',
        endpoints: {
          login: {
            url: '/oauth/token',
            method: 'post',
            propertyName: 'access_token'
          },
          logout: 'api/logout',
          user: {
            url: 'api/user',
            method: 'get',
            propertyName: false
          },
        },
        tokenRequired: true,
        tokenType: 'Bearer'
      }
    },
    redirect: {
      login: "/account/login",
      logout: "/",
      callback: "/account/login",
      user: "/"
    },
  },

  /*
  ** Toast configuration
  */
  toast: {
    position: 'top-right',
    duration: 2000
  },


  loading: {
    name: 'chasing-dots',
    color: '#ff5638',
    background: 'white',
    height: '4px'
  },

  /*
  ** Router configuration
  */
  router: {
    middleware: ['auth']
  },

  /*
  ** Build configuration
  */
  build: {
    /*
    ** You can extend webpack config here
    */
    extend(config, ctx) {

    }
  }
};

If I was running in production mode then I could understand but I'm not. I would expect vue-devtools to be running as normal.

I had to add the following to the nuxt.config.js:

vue: {
  config: {
    productionTip: false,
    devtools: true
  }
}

Now devtools shows up