diff --git a/scripts/__init_env__.php b/scripts/__init_env__.php
index f3d97847dc..8bdedcf92a 100644
--- a/scripts/__init_env__.php
+++ b/scripts/__init_env__.php
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ foreach (PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('load-libraries') as $library) {
 }
 
 PhutilErrorHandler::initialize();
+PhabricatorEventEngine::initialize();
 
 $tz = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('phabricator.timezone');
 if ($tz) {
   date_default_timezone_set($tz);
 }
+
diff --git a/scripts/__init_script__.php b/scripts/__init_script__.php
index 49b7f82ce1..ba3c9562ae 100644
--- a/scripts/__init_script__.php
+++ b/scripts/__init_script__.php
@@ -33,4 +33,3 @@ phutil_load_library(dirname(__FILE__).'/../src/');
 // NOTE: This is dangerous in general, but we know we're in a script context and
 // are not vulnerable to CSRF.
 AphrontWriteGuard::allowDangerousUnguardedWrites(true);
-PhabricatorEventEngine::initialize();