diff --git a/config_to_json.php b/config_to_json.php
index 81b9b8409c..25ebe997c3 100755
--- a/config_to_json.php
+++ b/config_to_json.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 use LibreNMS\Config;
 
-$init_modules = array();
+$init_modules = ['nodb'];
 require __DIR__ . '/includes/init.php';
 
 if (isCli()) {