diff --git a/data_steward/cdr_cleaner/cleaning_rules/update_ppi_negative_pain_level.py b/data_steward/cdr_cleaner/cleaning_rules/update_ppi_negative_pain_level.py
index f295d97c8e..5277dc9947 100644
--- a/data_steward/cdr_cleaner/cleaning_rules/update_ppi_negative_pain_level.py
+++ b/data_steward/cdr_cleaner/cleaning_rules/update_ppi_negative_pain_level.py
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ def __init__(self,
                          project_id=project_id,
                          dataset_id=dataset_id,
                          sandbox_dataset_id=sandbox_dataset_id,
-                         table_namer=table_namer)
+                         table_namer=table_namer,
+                         run_for_synthetic=True)
 
     def setup_rule(self, client, *args, **keyword_args):
         """