diff --git a/bin/custom_list_update_new_entries b/bin/custom_list_update_new_entries
index 054f9485b6..8a2812906d 100755
--- a/bin/custom_list_update_new_entries
+++ b/bin/custom_list_update_new_entries
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import sys
 bin_dir = os.path.split(__file__)[0]
 package_dir = os.path.join(bin_dir, "..")
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(package_dir))
+
+from core.model import production_session
 from core.scripts import CustomListUpdateEntriesScript
+from core.util.cache import CachedData
 
+# The cache needs to be initialized for this script to work properly.
+CachedData.initialize(production_session(initialize_data=False))
 CustomListUpdateEntriesScript().run()