diff --git a/tailbone/views/products.py b/tailbone/views/products.py
index a112f9ed..14a762b1 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/products.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/products.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class ProductsView(MasterView):
     VendorAny = orm.aliased(model.Vendor)
 
     def __init__(self, request):
-        self.request = request
+        super(ProductsView, self).__init__(request)
         self.print_labels = request.rattail_config.getbool('tailbone', 'products.print_labels', default=False)
 
     def query(self, session):