diff --git a/sorteerhoed/central_management.py b/sorteerhoed/central_management.py
index 92900a9..e6ebd43 100644
--- a/sorteerhoed/central_management.py
+++ b/sorteerhoed/central_management.py
@@ -341,9 +341,8 @@ class CentralManagement():
                             self.logger.info(f'Set status progress to abandoned')
                             #{'event': {'HITGroupId': '301G7MYOAJ85NEW128ZDGF5DSBW53S', 'EventType': 'AssignmentAbandoned', 'EventTimestamp': '2019-10-23T20:23:06Z', 'HITId': '3JHB4BPSFKKFQ263K4EFULI3LC79QJ', 'AssignmentId': '3U088ZLJVL450PB6MJZUIIUCB6VW0Y', 'WorkerId': 'A1CK46PK9VEUH5', 'HITTypeId': '3EYXOXDEN7RX0YSMN4UMVN01AYKZJ0'}}
                             sqsAssignment.abandoned_at = datetime.datetime.strptime(signal.params['event']['EventTimestamp'],"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
-#                             if updateStatus:
-#                                 self.setLight(False)
-                            self.mturk.create_worker_block(WorkerId=signal.params['event']['WorkerId'], Reason='Accepted task without working on it.')
+                            # TODO temporarily dissable block for workers that abandon, until we're sure it works
+#                             self.mturk.create_worker_block(WorkerId=signal.params['event']['WorkerId'], Reason='Accepted task without working on it.')
 
                         elif signal.name == 'sqs.AssignmentReturned':
                             self.logger.info(f'Set status progress to returned')