diff --git a/rattail_fabric2/deploy/luigi/cron-overnight.sh.mako b/rattail_fabric2/deploy/luigi/cron-overnight.sh.mako
index 5735e93..e9f9df0 100755
--- a/rattail_fabric2/deploy/luigi/cron-overnight.sh.mako
+++ b/rattail_fabric2/deploy/luigi/cron-overnight.sh.mako
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 cd ${envroot}
 
 export RATTAIL_CONFIG_FILES=${overnight_conf}
+# nb. avoid rich-formatted traceback here since it's so "noisy"
+export _TYPER_STANDARD_TRACEBACK=1
 
 bin/rattail --no-versioning overnight -k ${automation.lower()} <%text>\</%text>
         % if email_key is not Undefined and email_key: