diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index ee7d7d71..2d8cf3ef 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ module Foodsoft
     # Version of your assets, change this if you want to expire all your assets
     config.assets.version = '1.0'
 
-    # Do not enable database connection when precompiling assets
-    config.assets.initialize_on_precompile = false
+    # It would be nice not to enable database connection when precompiling assets,
+    # but i18n-js requires initialization, that's why it's on.
+    config.assets.initialize_on_precompile = true
   end
 end