diff --git a/html/user/am_get_info.php b/html/user/am_get_info.php
index 54f5b3056e..6c2fb5802c 100644
--- a/html/user/am_get_info.php
+++ b/html/user/am_get_info.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 require_once("../inc/boinc_db.inc");
 require_once("../inc/xml.inc");
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
 xml_header();
 
 $retval = db_init_xml();
diff --git a/html/user/apps.php b/html/user/apps.php
index 7081ff8a0d..5e9995d92d 100644
--- a/html/user/apps.php
+++ b/html/user/apps.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require_once("../inc/util.inc");
 
 check_get_args(array("xml"));
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
 $platforms = BoincPlatform::enum("deprecated=0");
 
 $xml = get_str('xml', true);
diff --git a/html/user/forum_get_data.php b/html/user/forum_get_data.php
index 36e9b7248e..59d9c19394 100644
--- a/html/user/forum_get_data.php
+++ b/html/user/forum_get_data.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require_once("../inc/forum_db.inc");
 require_once("../inc/util.inc");
 require_once("../inc/xml.inc");
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
 xml_header();
 
 if (DISABLE_FORUMS) {
diff --git a/html/user/get_project_config.php b/html/user/get_project_config.php
index 0dbfc3cc5a..ac2df32bac 100644
--- a/html/user/get_project_config.php
+++ b/html/user/get_project_config.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 require_once("../inc/util.inc");
 require_once("../inc/xml.inc");
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
 xml_header();
 
 // This all needs to work even when DB is down.
diff --git a/html/user/result_status.php b/html/user/result_status.php
index 4077b7df97..2ec641c990 100644
--- a/html/user/result_status.php
+++ b/html/user/result_status.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ function result_xml($r) {
 ";
 }
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
 xml_header();
 echo "<results>\n";
 foreach ($ids as $id) {
diff --git a/html/user/team_email_list.php b/html/user/team_email_list.php
index 5963cf4c35..303dd1dbb6 100644
--- a/html/user/team_email_list.php
+++ b/html/user/team_email_list.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ if (DISABLE_TEAMS) {
     }
 }
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
 if ($xml) {
     $creditonly = get_int('creditonly', true);
     xml_header();
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ if ($xml) {
     //$users = BoincUser::enum("teamid=$team->id");
     foreach($users as $user) {
         show_team_member($user, $show_email, $creditonly);
-    } 
+    }
     echo "</users>\n";
     exit();
 }
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ foreach($users as $user) {
         $e = $user->send_email?"$user->email_addr":"";
         table_row(user_links($user, BADGE_HEIGHT_MEDIUM), $e, format_credit($user->total_credit), format_credit($user->expavg_credit), $user->country);
     }
-} 
+}
 if (!$plain) {
     end_table();
     echo "<p><a href=\"team_email_list.php?teamid=".$teamid."&amp;plain=1\">".tra("Show as plain text")."</a></p>";
diff --git a/html/user/team_lookup.php b/html/user/team_lookup.php
index 718894bbae..a94a2a2b31 100644
--- a/html/user/team_lookup.php
+++ b/html/user/team_lookup.php
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ $format = get_str("format", true);
 $team_id = get_int("team_id", true);
 $team_ids = get_str("team_ids", true);
 
+BoincDb::get(true);
+
 if ($team_id || $team_ids || ($format == 'xml')) {
     require_once ('../inc/xml.inc');
     xml_header();