diff --git a/services/gunDB/Mediator/index.js b/services/gunDB/Mediator/index.js
index 29e4530e..66b2ed24 100644
--- a/services/gunDB/Mediator/index.js
+++ b/services/gunDB/Mediator/index.js
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ const authenticate = async (alias, pass, __user) => {
     API.Jobs.lastSeenNode(_user)
 
     API.Events.onCurrentHandshakeAddress(() => {}, user)()
-    API.Events.onOutgoing(() => {})()
+    // API.Events.onOutgoing(() => {})()
     API.Events.onSeedBackup(() => {}, user, mySEA)
 
     return _user._.sea.pub
diff --git a/services/gunDB/contact-api/events/index.js b/services/gunDB/contact-api/events/index.js
index 54e6725e..bd488978 100644
--- a/services/gunDB/contact-api/events/index.js
+++ b/services/gunDB/contact-api/events/index.js
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ const onChats = cb => {
 
   if (!onChatsSubbed) {
     const Streams = require('../streams')
-    onOutgoing(processChats)
+    // onOutgoing(processChats)
     Streams.onPubToFeed(processChats)
     onChatsSubbed = true
   }