diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plPythonPack/PythonInterface.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plPythonPack/PythonInterface.cpp
index 8d38dfc7..5a8c5c56 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plPythonPack/PythonInterface.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plPythonPack/PythonInterface.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ void PythonInterface::initPython(std::string rootDir)
         // initialize the Python stuff
         // let Python do some intialization...
         Py_SetProgramName("plasma");
+        Py_NoSiteFlag = 1;
+        Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag = 1;
         Py_Initialize();
 
         // intialize any of our special plasma python modules