diff --git a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
index 86c67a0aef..49fcafed81 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
@@ -133,8 +133,9 @@
 #- name: generate chatbot config
 #  template: src=chatbot-config.json.j2 dest={{ phabroot }}/phabricator/resources/chatbot/config.json owner=apache group=apache mode=0644
 
-- name: upgrade phabricator storage
-  command: chdir={{ phabroot }}/phabricator bin/storage upgrade --force
+# long story short, I need to let this fail for now until something is fixed, will re-enable. tflink - 2016-12-15
+#- name: upgrade phabricator storage
+#  command: chdir={{ phabroot }}/phabricator bin/storage upgrade --force
 
 - name: generate phabricator git hook
   template: src=phabricator-ssh-hook.sh.j2 dest=/etc/phabricator-ssh-hook.sh owner=root group=root mode=0755