diff --git a/playbooks/groups/nuancier.yml b/playbooks/groups/nuancier.yml
index 7c3d92d055..4225d1f7c8 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/nuancier.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/nuancier.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   hosts: nuancier;nuancier-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: True
-  accelerate: True
+  #accelerate: True
 
   vars_files: 
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   hosts: nuancier;nuancier-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: True
-  accelerate: True
+  #accelerate: True
 
   vars_files:
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
diff --git a/tasks/accelerate_prep.yml b/tasks/accelerate_prep.yml
index f82d3cac61..889aeadf99 100644
--- a/tasks/accelerate_prep.yml
+++ b/tasks/accelerate_prep.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
   - python-keyczar
   tags:
   - packages
+
+# TODO -- we need to open port 5099 too here.