diff --git a/scripts/subscribe_participants/.gitignore b/scripts/subscribe_participants/.gitignore
index afed0735..b51cf63e 100644
--- a/scripts/subscribe_participants/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/subscribe_participants/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 *.csv
+subscribe_participants
+
diff --git a/scripts/subscribe_participants/main.go b/scripts/subscribe_participants/main.go
index cf8a7184..1210bb98 100644
--- a/scripts/subscribe_participants/main.go
+++ b/scripts/subscribe_participants/main.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func main() {
 	username := flag.String("username", "admin", "Username")
 	password := flag.String("password", "admin", "Password")
 	subscribe := flag.Bool("subscribe", true, "Subscribe to the given contest")
-	region := flag.Bool("region", true, "Region based subscription")
+	region := flag.Bool("region", false, "Region based subscription")
 	unsubscribeAll := flag.Bool("unsubscribe-all", false, "Unsubscribe all participants from all contests")
 
 	juniorContestId := flag.Int("jid", 0, "Contest ID for Junior category")
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ func main() {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		log.Println(participants)
+		allParticipants = participants
 	}
 
 	var updated bool
 
 	if *unsubscribeAll {
-		for _, participant := range participants {
+		for _, participant := range allParticipants {
 			participant.ContestIDs = make(orm.ContestIDs, 0)
 			id, err := client.Update(participant)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		}
 
-		for _, participant := range participants {
+		for _, participant := range allParticipants {
 			for _, contest := range participant.Contests {
 				participant.ContestIDs = append(participant.ContestIDs, contest.ID)
 			}
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	} else {
 		if *subscribe {
-			for _, participant := range participants {
+			for _, participant := range allParticipants {
 				for _, contest := range participant.Contests {
 					participant.ContestIDs = append(participant.ContestIDs, contest.ID)
 				}