diff --git a/hn/fetcher.go b/hn/fetcher.go
index df069fc..471ffe3 100644
--- a/hn/fetcher.go
+++ b/hn/fetcher.go
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ func (f *Fetcher) StoreFrontPage() error {
 		//f.log.Debug().Msgf("storing story with rank %d in db", (i + 1))
 		// FIXME this will grow unbounded and make the file too big if
 		// I don't clean this up or otherwise limit the data in here
-		f.db.Create(&s)
+		// disabled for now
+		//f.db.Create(&s)
 
 		// check to see if the item was on the frontpage already or not
 		var c int