diff --git a/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-oldschool-badges b/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-oldschool-badges
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b69fbbd3f6..40d963f01e
--- a/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-oldschool-badges
+++ b/roles/badges-backend/files/cron/award-oldschool-badges
@@ -107,16 +107,14 @@ def main():
 
     clas, sponsors, provenpackagers, proventesters = \
         d['clas'], d['sponsors'], \
-        d['provenpackagers'], d['proventesters']    
+        d['provenpackagers'], d['proventesters']
 
     print len(list(clas)), "clas in the end"
     print len(list(sponsors)), "sponsors in the end"
     print len(list(provenpackagers)), "provenpackagers in the end"
     print len(list(proventesters)), "proventesters in the end"
 
-
-    print "Awarding for involvement."
-    badge = tahrir.get_badge(badge_id='involvement')    
+    badge = tahrir.get_badge(badge_id='involvement')
     hit_em_up(badge, clas)
 
     badge = tahrir.get_badge(badge_id='packager-sponsor')
@@ -128,6 +126,7 @@ def main():
     badge = tahrir.get_badge(badge_id='proven-tester')
     hit_em_up(badge, proventesters)
 
+
 def hit_em_up(badge, group):
     for fas_user in group:
         email = fas_user.username + "@fedoraproject.org"
@@ -163,6 +162,7 @@ def hit_em_up(badge, group):
             transaction.abort()
             print "Failure:", e
 
-uri = fm_config['badges_global']['database_uri']
-tahrir = TahrirDatabase(uri)
-main()
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    uri = fm_config['badges_global']['database_uri']
+    tahrir = TahrirDatabase(uri)
+    main()