diff --git a/crawler/start.sh b/crawler/start.sh
index bc6ae2f..df382f5 100755
--- a/crawler/start.sh
+++ b/crawler/start.sh
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ pkill -f celery
 pkill watchmedo
 set -e
 
-if command -v kubectl &> /dev/null; then
-    set +e
-    pkill -f "kubectl port-forward"
-    set -e
+# use redis container instead to avoid overwriting prod
+# if command -v kubectl &> /dev/null; then
+#     set +e
+#     pkill -f "kubectl port-forward"
+#     set -e
 
-    kubectl port-forward $(kubectl get pods -n redis  -o json | jq '.items[0].metadata.name' | sed 's/"//g') --address 0.0.0.0 6379:6379 -n redis &
-fi
+#     # kubectl port-forward $(kubectl get pods -n redis  -o json | jq '.items[0].metadata.name' | sed 's/"//g') --address 0.0.0.0 6379:6379 -n redis &
+
+# fi
 
 # Ensure connection to broken is successful
 python celery_app.py