diff --git a/onionr.sh b/onionr.sh
index 0b7d898c..3d1f3e72 100755
--- a/onionr.sh
+++ b/onionr.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 ORIG_ONIONR_RUN_DIR=`pwd`
 export ORIG_ONIONR_RUN_DIR
+export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 cd src
 ./__init__.py "$@"
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