diff --git a/zproject/settings.py b/zproject/settings.py
index 5c1a59211e..1642577f54 100644
--- a/zproject/settings.py
+++ b/zproject/settings.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {'TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY': '',
                     'EMAIL_HOST': None,
                     'EMAIL_BACKEND': None,
                     'NOREPLY_EMAIL_ADDRESS': "noreply@" + EXTERNAL_HOST.split(":")[0],
+                    'STAGING': False,
                     'S3_KEY': '',
                     'S3_SECRET_KEY': '',
                     'S3_AVATAR_BUCKET': '',