diff --git a/api/boinc_api.cpp b/api/boinc_api.cpp
index 15e6f1b81b..84c4e21f3b 100644
--- a/api/boinc_api.cpp
+++ b/api/boinc_api.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ using std::vector;
 //#define VERBOSE
     // enable a bunch of fprintfs to stderr
 
-#define MSGS_FROM_FILE
+//#define MSGS_FROM_FILE
     // get messages from a file "msgs.txt" instead of shared mem
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__