diff --git a/pisi/cli/commands.py b/pisi/cli/commands.py
index 1c69cc0d..e30b5e5e 100644
--- a/pisi/cli/commands.py
+++ b/pisi/cli/commands.py
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ unpack, setup, build, install, package
             if ctx.get_option('until') in Build.steps:
                 raise Error(_('Step must be one of %s ') % pisi.util.strlist(Build.steps))
 
-        self.init(database = True) 
+        self.init(database = True, write = False) 
         if ctx.get_option('output_dir'):
             ctx.ui.info(_('Output directory: %s') % ctx.config.options.output_dir)
         else:
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ Usage: info <package1> <package2> ... <packagen>
 
     def run(self):
 
-        self.init(True)
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
         
         if len(self.args) == 0:
             self.help()
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ Usage: check <package1> <package2> ... <packagen>
             self.help()
             return
 
-        self.init(True)
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
         for pkg in self.args:
             if ctx.installdb.is_installed(pkg):
                 pisi.api.check(pkg)
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ source and binary packages.
 
     def run(self):
         
-        self.init()
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
         from pisi.api import index
         if len(self.args)>0:
             index(self.args, ctx.get_option('output'), skip_sources = ctx.get_option('skip_sources'))
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ Usage: list-installed
                                default=False, help=_("show detailed install info"))
 
     def run(self):
-        self.init(True)
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
         list = ctx.installdb.list_installed()
         list.sort()
         if self.options.install_info:
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ Lists currently tracked repositories.
 
     def run(self):
 
-        self.init()
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
         for repo in ctx.repodb.list():
             ctx.ui.info(repo)
             print '  ', ctx.repodb.get_repo(repo).indexuri.get_uri()
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ Gives a brief list of PiSi packages published in the repository.
 
     def run(self):
 
-        self.init(True)
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
 
         if self.args:
             for arg in self.args:
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ Gives a brief list of PiSi components published in the repositories.
 
     def run(self):
 
-        self.init(True)
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
 
         list = ctx.componentdb.list_components()
         list.sort()
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ Gives a brief list of sources published in the repositories.
 
     def run(self):
 
-        self.init(True)
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
 
         list = ctx.sourcedb.list()
         list.sort()
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ Usage: list-upgrades [ <repo1> <repo2> ... repon ]
         buildno_opts(self)
                                
     def run(self):
-        self.init(True)
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
         list = pisi.api.list_upgradable()
         if not list:
             ctx.ui.info(_('No packages to upgrade.')) 
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ class ListPending(Command):
     name = ("list-pending", "lp")
 
     def run(self):
-        self.init(True)
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
 
         list = ctx.installdb.list_pending()
         for p in list.keys():
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ Finds a package in repository containing specified search terms
 
     def run(self):
 
-        self.init(True)
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
 
         if not self.args:
             self.help()
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ Finds the installed package which contains the specified file.
 
     def run(self):
 
-        self.init(True)
+        self.init(database = True, write = False)
 
         if not self.args:
             self.help()