diff --git a/django/website/local_settings.py.dev b/django/website/local_settings.py.dev
index ea47cd353a5433d54e22219d6f085d9fd59a964c..41f2337f35ac927b4bd491fd08ae9df5d0fc0eaa 100644
--- a/django/website/local_settings.py.dev
+++ b/django/website/local_settings.py.dev
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 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;",
         }
     }
 }