diff --git a/misc-scripts/CopyDBoverServer.pl b/misc-scripts/CopyDBoverServer.pl
index eed4b8fa873afa0163c0f048f124337599a26f31..209073dc12daab35c4274e979bf733fd317f3bcc 100755
--- a/misc-scripts/CopyDBoverServer.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/CopyDBoverServer.pl
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ use Getopt::Long;
 use IO::File;
 use Sys::Hostname;
 use Tie::File;
+use English qw( -no_match_vars ) ;
+
+$OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH = 1;
 
 my $start_time = time();