diff --git a/lib/railway.js b/lib/railway.js
index abb2cd1f..d3b1cfef 100644
--- a/lib/railway.js
+++ b/lib/railway.js
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ function prepareContext(models, railway, app, defSchema, done) {
         settings = {},
         cname,
         schema,
-        wait = connected = 0,
+        connected = 0,
+        wait = 0,
         nonJugglingSchema = false;
 
     done = done || function () {};