diff --git a/make-council-pages.sh b/make-council-pages.sh
index 568b1e0..bed59c6 100755
--- a/make-council-pages.sh
+++ b/make-council-pages.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 DATA_PATH="../spl-data"
 
 # Controls the flags that are passed to every usage of the wp command.
-WP_FLAGS="--allow-root --path=/var/www/html"
+#WP_FLAGS="--allow-root --path=/var/www/html"
 
 function create_or_update_page() {
   local council_block="$1"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function create_or_update_page() {
       echo "$content" | wp post update "$page_id" --post_content="$content" $WP_FLAGS -
     else
       echo "Create page $short_name"
-      echo "$content" | wp post create --post_type=page --post_title="$short_name" --post_status=publish $WP_FLAGS -
+      echo "$content" | wp post create --post_type=page --post_title="$short_name" --post_status=draft $WP_FLAGS -
     fi
 
   else
diff --git a/upload-media.sh b/upload-media.sh
index 9a3ae71..fe3c88d 100755
--- a/upload-media.sh
+++ b/upload-media.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Additionally, make sure the wp-cli/restful package is installed in the wp command (via "wp package install wp-cli/restful")
 
 # Controls the flags that are passed to every usage of the wp command.
-WP_FLAGS="--allow-root --path=/var/www/html"
+#WP_FLAGS="--allow-root --path=/var/www/html"
 
 media_path="$1"