diff --git a/nextcloud/lib/common b/nextcloud/lib/common
index 01c5d077..a59792ee 100644
--- a/nextcloud/lib/common
+++ b/nextcloud/lib/common
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ create_occ_if_not_exists() {
         ## bare-minimum nextcloud run AND we will use occ to set some info
         ## in this very same relation.
         export COMPOSE_IGNORE_ORPHANS=true
-        compose --debug --without-relation="$SERVICE_NAME":web-proxy run \
+        compose --debug --no-init --without-relation="$SERVICE_NAME":web-proxy run \
                 --rm --entrypoint /entrypoint.sh "$SERVICE_NAME" apache >&2 || true
         if ! [ -e "$SERVICE_DATASTORE/var/www/html/occ" ]; then
             err "Expected last command to create /var/www/html/occ"