diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 393d52c371..e1f034758c 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
     - ".babel-cache"
   override:
     # shouldn't take longer than 10 minutes
-    - METEOR_PRETTY_OUTPUT=0 ./meteor --get-ready:
+    - METEOR_PRETTY_OUTPUT=0 METEOR_DISABLE_OPTIMISTIC_CACHING=1 ./meteor --get-ready:
         timeout: 600
 
 test: