diff --git a/django/website/local_settings.py.jenkins b/django/website/local_settings.py.jenkins
index e3bff451fa42f364d40387c0d196ae5a41175b48..f131e9cfd2f42c5a47980ae76d08e9a3c93a7bde 100644
--- a/django/website/local_settings.py.jenkins
+++ b/django/website/local_settings.py.jenkins
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ DATABASES = {
         'HOST': '',                      # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
         'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
         'OPTIONS': {
-            "init_command": "SET storage_engine=INNODB",
+            "init_command": "SET storage_engine=INNODB;SET foreign_key_checks = 0;",
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/django/website/local_settings.py.production b/django/website/local_settings.py.production
index ac4d17a2f1fb6f7514e71d2160af1c1ac79dcb68..0785b5798fa7dbb1777721717e59f242703177b1 100644
--- a/django/website/local_settings.py.production
+++ b/django/website/local_settings.py.production
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ DATABASES = {
         'HOST': '',                      # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
         'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
         'OPTIONS': {
-            "init_command": "SET storage_engine=INNODB",
+            "init_command": "SET storage_engine=INNODB;SET foreign_key_checks = 0;",
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/django/website/local_settings.py.staging b/django/website/local_settings.py.staging
index 77804ec59e0c76e01b94dbe3611554cb734510a5..095494e7c17471b4181ccc20ce93c6590c06b198 100644
--- a/django/website/local_settings.py.staging
+++ b/django/website/local_settings.py.staging
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DATABASES = {
         'HOST': '',                      # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
         'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
         'OPTIONS': {
-            "init_command": "SET storage_engine=INNODB",
+            "init_command": "SET storage_engine=INNODB;SET foreign_key_checks = 0;",
         }
     }
 }