diff --git a/backend/public/src/main.rs b/backend/public/src/main.rs
index c5edf72..d7b3315 100644
--- a/backend/public/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/public/src/main.rs
@@ -56,23 +56,23 @@ async fn main() {
         .init();
 
     // if std::env::var("RUST_ENV").unwrap_or_else(|_| "development".to_string()) != "development" {
-    println!("we're not in development, starting up the rate limiter");
-    let governor_conf = Arc::new(
-        GovernorConfigBuilder::default()
-            .per_second(2)
-            .burst_size(5)
-            .finish()
-            .unwrap(),
-    );
-
-    let governor_limiter = governor_conf.limiter().clone();
-    let interval = Duration::from_secs(60);
-    // a separate background task to clean up
-    std::thread::spawn(move || loop {
-        std::thread::sleep(interval);
-        tracing::info!("rate limiting storage size: {}", governor_limiter.len());
-        governor_limiter.retain_recent();
-    });
+    //println!("we're not in development, starting up the rate limiter");
+    //let governor_conf = Arc::new(
+    //    GovernorConfigBuilder::default()
+    //        .per_second(2)
+    //        .burst_size(5)
+    //        .finish()
+    //        .unwrap(),
+    //);
+    //
+    //let governor_limiter = governor_conf.limiter().clone();
+    //let interval = Duration::from_secs(60);
+    //// a separate background task to clean up
+    //std::thread::spawn(move || loop {
+    //    std::thread::sleep(interval);
+    //    tracing::info!("rate limiting storage size: {}", governor_limiter.len());
+    //    governor_limiter.retain_recent();
+    //});
     // }
 
     // grabbing the database url from our env variables
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ async fn main() {
             TraceLayer::new_for_http()
                 .make_span_with(trace::DefaultMakeSpan::new().level(tracing::Level::INFO))
                 .on_response(trace::DefaultOnResponse::new().level(tracing::Level::INFO)),
-        )
-        .layer(GovernorLayer {
-            config: governor_conf,
-        });
+        );
+        //.layer(GovernorLayer {
+        //    config: governor_conf,
+        //});
 
     // run it with hyper
     let listener = TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:3000").await.unwrap();