diff --git a/workers/screenshot_worker.rb b/workers/screenshot_worker.rb
index f3ff32f8..bc172bb4 100644
--- a/workers/screenshot_worker.rb
+++ b/workers/screenshot_worker.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class ScreenshotWorker
       # :nocov:
       puts "#{username}/#{path} is timing out, discontinuing"
       site = Site[username: username]
-      site.update is_crashing: true
+      site.is_crashing = true
+      site.save_changes validate: false
       
       # Don't enable until we know it works well.
 =begin
@@ -102,4 +103,4 @@ class ScreenshotWorker
       }
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end