diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rit/whatsapp/controller/WebhookController.java b/src/main/java/com/rit/whatsapp/controller/WebhookController.java
index f31dd5b..107e641 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rit/whatsapp/controller/WebhookController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rit/whatsapp/controller/WebhookController.java
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ public class WebhookController {
     @Value("${whatsapp.phone-number-id:}")
     private String configuredPhoneId;
 
+    @Value("${whatsapp.dev-webhook-forward-url:}")
+    private String devWebhookUrl;
+
     private final WhatsAppMessageService messageService;
     private final SessionService sessionService;
     private final StudentMenuHandler studentMenuHandler;
@@ -81,8 +84,22 @@ public class WebhookController {
                                 String incomingPhoneId = metadataNode.get("phone_number_id").asText();
                                 if (configuredPhoneId != null && !configuredPhoneId.trim().isEmpty() 
                                         && !incomingPhoneId.trim().equals(configuredPhoneId.trim())) {
-                                    System.out.println("Incoming phone ID " + incomingPhoneId + " does not match configured ID " + configuredPhoneId + ". Ignoring webhook payload.");
-                                    return ResponseEntity.ok("EVENT_IGNORED");
+                                    if (devWebhookUrl != null && !devWebhookUrl.trim().isEmpty()) {
+                                        System.out.println("Incoming phone ID " + incomingPhoneId + " does not match configured ID " + configuredPhoneId + ". Forwarding to " + devWebhookUrl);
+                                        try {
+                                            org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate tempTemplate = new org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate();
+                                            org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders headers = new org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders();
+                                            headers.setContentType(org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+                                            org.springframework.http.HttpEntity<String> entity = new org.springframework.http.HttpEntity<>(payload, headers);
+                                            tempTemplate.postForEntity(devWebhookUrl, entity, String.class);
+                                        } catch (Exception forwardEx) {
+                                            System.err.println("Failed to forward webhook to dev bot: " + forwardEx.getMessage());
+                                        }
+                                        return ResponseEntity.ok("EVENT_FORWARDED");
+                                    } else {
+                                        System.out.println("Incoming phone ID " + incomingPhoneId + " does not match configured ID " + configuredPhoneId + ". Ignoring webhook payload.");
+                                        return ResponseEntity.ok("EVENT_IGNORED");
+                                    }
                                 }
                             }
                         }