diff --git a/grails-app/conf/application.yml b/grails-app/conf/application.yml
index a69b4c72..8727938c 100644
--- a/grails-app/conf/application.yml
+++ b/grails-app/conf/application.yml
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ userdetails:
 useSpeciesListsAlerts: true
 useSpatialAlerts: true
 useBlogsAlerts: true
-useCitizenScienceAlerts: true
+#useCitizenScienceAlerts: false
+
 biosecurity:
     cronExpression: '0 0 11 ? * THU'
     query: