diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/settings.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/settings.py
index 9a1c3fda21ce866c8724f3a79722877b4d41db03..233091a8616194da09d3e498dcb861ec7ee265d6 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/settings.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/settings.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'viewflow',
     'viewflow.frontend',
     'lofar.sas.tmss.tmss.workflowapp',
-    'channels',
+    # 'channels',
 ]
 
 
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = [
 ASGI_APPLICATION = 'lofar.sas.tmss.tmss.routing.application'
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'lofar.sas.tmss.tmss.wsgi.application'
 
-CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
-    "default": {
-        "BACKEND": "channels.layers.InMemoryChannelLayer",
-    },
-}
+# CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
+#     "default": {
+#         "BACKEND": "channels.layers.InMemoryChannelLayer",
+#     },
+# }
 
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/#databases
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/consumers.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/consumers.py
index c6d1a47ec5b0ff6367b047d509fb1ab3b0b9767d..a6f16a437bc84b08adbee0e2e5823834e4f8e242 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/consumers.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/consumers.py
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-from channels.generic.websocket import WebsocketConsumer
-import json
-
-
-# Simple Channels consumer for Websockets
-class AppConsumer(WebsocketConsumer):
-
-    def connect(self):
-        self.accept()
-
-    def disconnect(self, close_code):
-        pass
-
-    def receive(self, text_data):
-        text_data_json = json.loads(text_data)
-        message = text_data_json['message']
-
-        print('WS> Received', message)
-
-        self.send(text_data=json.dumps({
-            'message': message[::-1]
-        }))
+# from channels.generic.websocket import WebsocketConsumer
+# import json
+#
+#
+# # Simple Channels consumer for Websockets
+# class AppConsumer(WebsocketConsumer):
+#
+#     def connect(self):
+#         self.accept()
+#
+#     def disconnect(self, close_code):
+#         pass
+#
+#     def receive(self, text_data):
+#         text_data_json = json.loads(text_data)
+#         message = text_data_json['message']
+#
+#         print('WS> Received', message)
+#
+#         self.send(text_data=json.dumps({
+#             'message': message[::-1]
+#         }))