diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 778eb2d..466990f 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -8620,8 +8620,8 @@ def send_API_command(self, command):
         update_available = online_version
 
     # connect to the API
-    stAI.check_API_credentials()
-    stAI.connect_API()
+    # stAI.check_API_credentials()
+    # stAI.connect_API()
 
     # initialize operations object
     toolkit_ops_obj = ToolkitOps(stAI=stAI)