diff --git a/src/beebop_deploy.py b/src/beebop_deploy.py
index 2b411a3..c2b3362 100644
--- a/src/beebop_deploy.py
+++ b/src/beebop_deploy.py
@@ -176,9 +176,8 @@ def redis_configure(container, cfg):
 
 def api_configure(container, cfg):
     print("[api] Downloading storage database")
-    args = ["./scripts/download_databases", "--refs"]
-    # if cfg.download_ref_dbs_only:
-    #     args.append("--refs")
+    args = ["./scripts/download_databases"]
+    args.append("--refs")
     mounts = [docker.types.Mount("/beebop/storage", cfg.volumes["storage"])]
     container.client.containers.run(
         str(cfg.api_ref), args, mounts=mounts, remove=True