diff --git a/smartassist/src/startservices.py b/smartassist/src/startservices.py
index 8bf5d68..684befb 100644
--- a/smartassist/src/startservices.py
+++ b/smartassist/src/startservices.py
@@ -113,6 +113,6 @@ def start_backend(config):
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     conf = configure() # Read config from file and set up config dict
     logger.debug('conf dictionary set to {}'.format(json.dumps(conf, indent=4)))
-    start_frontend(config=conf) 
+    # start_frontend(config=conf) 
     start_backend(config=conf)