diff --git a/alerta-api/alertad.conf.sh b/alerta-api/alertad.conf.sh
index fe9707585b4beaffdfc8383ef46bf326961202d3..547545e3ccb2bd56186d0dae36cc34e9d0957d05 100755
--- a/alerta-api/alertad.conf.sh
+++ b/alerta-api/alertad.conf.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID = '$CLIENT_ID'
 OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET = '$CLIENT_SECRET'
 ALLOWED_EMAIL_DOMAINS = ['$ALLOWED_EMAIL_DOMAIN']
 
+PLUGINS = []
 EOF