diff --git a/ietf/settings.py b/ietf/settings.py
index 36e09f447..5a6892ec3 100644
--- a/ietf/settings.py
+++ b/ietf/settings.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',
 #    'ietf.middleware.PrettifyMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.transaction.TransactionMiddleware',
 )
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'ietf.urls'