diff --git a/cmd/reflector.go b/cmd/reflector.go
index 34fe4ba..0e8531b 100644
--- a/cmd/reflector.go
+++ b/cmd/reflector.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func reflectorCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	// flip this flag to false when doing db maintenance. uploads will not work (as reflector server wont be running)
 	// but downloads will still work straight from s3
-	useDB := true
+	useDB := false
 
 	s3 := store.NewS3BlobStore(globalConfig.AwsID, globalConfig.AwsSecret, globalConfig.BucketRegion, globalConfig.BucketName)