diff --git a/xos/openstack_observer/ansible.py b/xos/openstack_observer/ansible.py
index e0754ea..f8ed547 100644
--- a/xos/openstack_observer/ansible.py
+++ b/xos/openstack_observer/ansible.py
@@ -62,31 +62,31 @@
     os.system('mkdir -p %s'%'/'.join([sys_dir,path]))
     fqp = '/'.join([sys_dir,path,objname])
 
+
     f = open(fqp,'w')
     f.write(buffer)
     f.flush()
 
-    if (not Config().observer_pretend):
-        run = os.popen(XOS_DIR + '/observer/run_ansible %s'%shellquote(fqp))
-        #run = os.popen('ansible-playbook -v %s'%shellquote(fqp))
-        msg = run.read()
-        status = run.close()
+    run = os.popen(XOS_DIR + '/observer/run_ansible %s'%shellquote(fqp))
+    #run = os.popen('ansible-playbook -v %s'%shellquote(fqp))
+    msg = run.read()
+    status = run.close()
 
+    try:
+        ok_results = parse_output(msg)
+	if (len(ok_results) != expected_num):
+		raise ValueError('Unexpected num')
+    except ValueError,e:
+        all_fatal = re.findall(r'^msg: (.*)',msg,re.MULTILINE)
+        all_fatal2 = re.findall(r'^ERROR: (.*)',msg,re.MULTILINE)
+	
+	
+	all_fatal.extend(all_fatal2)
         try:
-            ok_results = parse_output(msg)
-        if (len(ok_results) != expected_num):
-            raise ValueError('Unexpected num')
-        except ValueError,e:
-            all_fatal = re.findall(r'^msg: (.*)',msg,re.MULTILINE)
-            all_fatal2 = re.findall(r'^ERROR: (.*)',msg,re.MULTILINE)
-        
-        
-        all_fatal.extend(all_fatal2)
-            try:
-                error = ' // '.join(all_fatal)
-            except:
-                pass
-            raise Exception(error)
+            error = ' // '.join(all_fatal)
+        except:
+            pass
+        raise Exception(error)
 
     return ok_results
 
diff --git a/xos/xos_config b/xos/xos_config
index eaae50e..a618905 100644
--- a/xos/xos_config
+++ b/xos/xos_config
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 ca_ssl_cert=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 
 [observer]
-pretend=False
 backoff_disabled=False
 images_directory=/opt/xos/images
 dependency_graph=/opt/xos/model-deps