diff --git a/xos/openstack_observer/ansible.py b/xos/openstack_observer/ansible.py
index 186ecab..4466cb3 100644
--- a/xos/openstack_observer/ansible.py
+++ b/xos/openstack_observer/ansible.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     f.flush()
 
     
-    if (Config().observer_steps):
+    if (not Config().observer_pretend):
         run = os.popen(XOS_DIR + '/observer/run_ansible %s'%shellquote(fqp))
         msg = run.read()
         status = run.close()
diff --git a/xos/xos_config b/xos/xos_config
index 26211d0..eaae50e 100644
--- a/xos/xos_config
+++ b/xos/xos_config
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 ca_ssl_cert=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 
 [observer]
-pretend=True
+pretend=False
 backoff_disabled=False
 images_directory=/opt/xos/images
 dependency_graph=/opt/xos/model-deps