diff --git a/lib/load_gen/activities/reset_pass.js b/lib/load_gen/activities/reset_pass.js
index 945d236bf5da7286f5abd8d97cb5ac782e6e97ce..ec5d02c6dc34b8201ee28615cf19ce1cd05aa8cc 100644
--- a/lib/load_gen/activities/reset_pass.js
+++ b/lib/load_gen/activities/reset_pass.js
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ exports.startFunc = function(cfg, cb) {
       // and simulate clickthrough
       wcli.post(cfg, '/wsapi/complete_user_creation', context, {
         token: r.body,
-        pass: user.password
+        pass: user.password,
+        ephemeral: false
       }, function (err, r) {
         if (err) {
           return cb(err);
diff --git a/lib/load_gen/activities/signup.js b/lib/load_gen/activities/signup.js
index 0b597d0881d78358c1d02151df87038c6edbb4ef..60b4edb514f3ad5151ae9a9f9c989c648835ad34 100644
--- a/lib/load_gen/activities/signup.js
+++ b/lib/load_gen/activities/signup.js
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ exports.startFunc = function(cfg, cb) {
       // and simulate clickthrough
       wcli.post(cfg, '/wsapi/complete_user_creation', context, {
         token: r.body,
-        pass: user.password
+        pass: user.password,
+        ephemeral: false
       }, function (err, r) {
         try {
           if (err) throw err;
diff --git a/lib/load_gen/common.js b/lib/load_gen/common.js
index 38feaa8864d7ca1ce12cb118771825abdc0366aa..1808e76f38347c7fe9d95890bf7b03c8640b6cca 100644
--- a/lib/load_gen/common.js
+++ b/lib/load_gen/common.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exports.auth = function(cfg, user, ctx, email, cb) {
   } else {
     wcli.post(
       cfg, '/wsapi/authenticate_user', ctx,
-      { email: email, pass: user.password },
+      { email: email, pass: user.password, ephemeral: false },
       function(err, r) {
         try {
           if (err) throw err;
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ exports.authAndKey = function(cfg, user, ctx, email, cb) {
         // and now let's certify the pubkey
         wcli.post(cfg, '/wsapi/cert_key', ctx, {
           email: email,
-          pubkey: keypair.publicKey.serialize()
+          pubkey: keypair.publicKey.serialize(),
+          ephemeral: false
         }, function(err, resp) {
           try {
             if (err) throw err;