diff --git a/alexa/alexa-adapter.js b/alexa/alexa-adapter.js
index 22f9423..cb42183 100644
--- a/alexa/alexa-adapter.js
+++ b/alexa/alexa-adapter.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
     const util = require('util');
     const TokenGenerator = require('uuid-token-generator');
     const express = require('express');
-    const expressRateLimit = require("express-rate-limit");
+    // const expressRateLimit = require("express-rate-limit");
     const helmet = require('helmet');
     const morgan = require('morgan');
     const cors = require('cors');
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
             const node = this;
             if (node.verbose) node._debug("startServer port " + node.http_port);
             const app = express();
-            const rate_limit = 30;
+            /*const rate_limit = 30;
             const rateLimitMiddleware = expressRateLimit({
                 windowMs: 60 * 1000,
                 max: rate_limit,
                 message: `You have exceeded your ${rate_limit} requests per minute limit.`,
                 headers: true,
-              });
+              });*/
             app.disable('x-powered-by');
             app.use(rateLimitMiddleware);
             app.use(helmet());
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c38d402..43b1c85 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "node-red-contrib-alexa-virtual-smarthome",
-  "version": "0.0.36",
+  "version": "0.0.37",
   "description": "Node Red Alexa Smarthome node",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {