diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/pyramid_utils.py b/rhodecode/lib/pyramid_utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/pyramid_utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/pyramid_utils.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import os
 from pyramid.compat import configparser
 from pyramid.paster import bootstrap as pyramid_bootstrap, setup_logging  # pragma: no cover
-from pyramid.scripting import prepare
 
 from rhodecode.lib.request import Request
 
@@ -38,6 +37,8 @@ def get_app_config(ini_path):
 
 
 def bootstrap(config_uri, options=None, env=None):
+    from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import AttributeDict
+
     if env:
         os.environ.update(env)
 
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ def bootstrap(config_uri, options=None, 
         pass
 
     request = Request.blank('/', base_url=base_url)
-
+    # fake inject a running user for bootstrap request !
+    request.user = AttributeDict({'username': 'bootstrap-user',
+                                  'user_id': 1,
+                                  'ip_addr': '127.0.0.1'})
     return pyramid_bootstrap(config_uri, request=request, options=options)