diff --git a/basice2e/run.sh b/basice2e/run.sh
index 3fd01ffabbe1ca3b93b4809da15bcfdfc1274070..81638d1ce52943034a8553d2856c21dc27a8d4aa 100755
--- a/basice2e/run.sh
+++ b/basice2e/run.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ then
 
     # Start a user discovery bot server
     echo "STARTING UDB..."
-    UDBCMD="../bin/udb --logLevel $DEBUGLEVEL --protoUserPath	udbProto.json --config udb.yaml -l 1"
+    UDBCMD="../bin/udb --logLevel $DEBUGLEVEL --skipVerification --protoUserPath	udbProto.json --config udb.yaml -l 1"
     $UDBCMD >> $UDBOUT 2>&1 &
     PIDVAL=$!
     echo $PIDVAL >> results/serverpids