Inheriting discourse install - need some assistance

Tried:

rails c
Discourse.disable_readonly_mode

And it returned
=> true

No dice.

Tried:

rails c
Discourse.readonly_mode?

And it returned

=> true

Seems like it is locked in RO mode?

I went ahead and replied in here (Stuck in 'Read Only' Mode) as what I am experiencing now is more in line with that topic