diff --git a/tools/smoketest.sh b/tools/smoketest.sh
index ec2f5601..8cd521ef 100755
--- a/tools/smoketest.sh
+++ b/tools/smoketest.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ servername=smoke$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).test
 port=$(date +50%S)
 sed -e '/^serverinfo/,/^}/s/name = ".*";/name = "'"$servername"'";/' \
 	-e '/^listen/,/^}/s/port = .*;/port = '"$port"';/' \
+	-e '/^blacklist/,/^}/s/^/#/' \
 	etc/example.conf >etc/ircd.conf || exit 2
 bin/ircd || exit 2
 ircdpid=$(cat etc/ircd.pid) || exit 2