diff --git a/lib/pleroma/application.ex b/lib/pleroma/application.ex
index b68a373a4..3282c6882 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/application.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/application.ex
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Application do
   # See http://elixir-lang.org/docs/stable/elixir/Application.html
   # for more information on OTP Applications
   def start(_type, _args) do
+    # Scrubbers are compiled at runtime and therefore will cause a conflict
+    # every time the application is restarted, so we disable module
+    # conflicts at runtime
+    Code.compiler_options(ignore_module_conflict: true)
     Config.Holder.save_default()
     Pleroma.HTML.compile_scrubbers()
     Config.DeprecationWarnings.warn()
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index d7992ee37..741f917e6 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Mixfile do
   defp elixirc_paths(_), do: ["lib"]
 
   defp warnings_as_errors(:prod), do: false
-  # Uncomment this if you need testing configurable_from_database logic
-  # defp warnings_as_errors(:dev), do: false
   defp warnings_as_errors(_), do: true
 
   # Specifies OAuth dependencies.