diff --git a/lib/create_thumbnails_job.rb b/lib/create_thumbnails_job.rb
index bbe99db..d1725e4 100644
--- a/lib/create_thumbnails_job.rb
+++ b/lib/create_thumbnails_job.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class CreateThumbnailsJob < Struct.new(:class_name, :file_id)
   def perform
+    Article.disable_ferret # acts_as_ferret sucks
     file = class_name.constantize.find(file_id)
     file.create_thumbnails
   end
--
libgit2 0.21.2