diff --git a/db/dbcheck.in b/db/dbcheck.in
index e40969a4877f601e97695bfd1c607c3aaa18c6d4..cf78f35e3b07bd9e5aea4a2faa0ca8611a1a8054 100755
--- a/db/dbcheck.in
+++ b/db/dbcheck.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 #
 # EMULAB-COPYRIGHT
 # Copyright (c) 2000-2004 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ if (! ($query_result = DBQueryWarn("show tables"))) {
 }
 
 while (my ($table) = $query_result->fetchrow()) {
+    next
+	if ($table eq "log");
+    
     print "Checking $table ...\n";
 
     # virt_routes is too big for this.