diff --git a/piratebox_nginx.conf b/piratebox_nginx.conf
index 14600c4..056d53c 100644
--- a/piratebox_nginx.conf
+++ b/piratebox_nginx.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ http {
                       '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
                       '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
 
-    access_log  /var/log/nginx_access.log  main;
+    # useful for testin. comment out for prod
+    #access_log  /var/log/nginx_access.log  main;
 
     sendfile        on;