diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/WebappDaoFactorySDBPrep.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/WebappDaoFactorySDBPrep.java
index 0923a0469..57fde8332 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/WebappDaoFactorySDBPrep.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/WebappDaoFactorySDBPrep.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public class WebappDaoFactorySDBPrep implements Filter {
 		        (request.getAttribute(
 		                "WebappDaoFactorySDBPrep.setup") != null) ) {
 			// don't run multiple times or if SDB is not active
+		    filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
 			return;
 		}