diff --git a/xos/observers/helloworldservice/helloworldservice_config b/xos/observers/helloworldservice/helloworldservice_config
index c14dff4..1118bb2 100644
--- a/xos/observers/helloworldservice/helloworldservice_config
+++ b/xos/observers/helloworldservice/helloworldservice_config
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 [observer]
 pretend=False
-backoff_disabled=False
+backoff_disabled=True
 images_directory=/opt/xos/images
 dependency_graph=/opt/xos/observers/helloworldservice/model-deps
 logfile=/var/log/xos_backend.log