diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 5450335..10d8ad7 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ AdoptAThing::Application.configure do
   config.action_mailer.default_url_options = {:host => 'adoptahydrant.org'}
 
   # Enable threaded mode
-  config.threadsafe!
+  config.threadsafe! unless $rails_rake_task
 
   # Enable locale fallbacks for I18n (makes lookups for any locale fall back to
   # the I18n.default_locale when a translation can not be found)