diff --git a/planetstack/scripts/opencloud b/planetstack/scripts/opencloud
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 7811483..54852b9
--- a/planetstack/scripts/opencloud
+++ b/planetstack/scripts/opencloud
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     python /opt/planetstack/manage.py syncdb --noinput
     if [[ $DJANGO_17 ]]; then
         echo "Loading initial data from fixture..."
-        python /opt/planetstack/manage.py --nomodelpolicy loaddata /opt/planetstack/core/fixtures/initial_data.json
+        python /opt/planetstack/manage.py --noobserver --nomodelpolicy loaddata /opt/planetstack/core/fixtures/initial_data.json
     fi
 }
 function evolvedb {