diff --git a/roles/captive-portal/templates/iiab-catch b/roles/captive-portal/templates/iiab-catch
index bc3beb781..a481d6c1b 100755
--- a/roles/captive-portal/templates/iiab-catch
+++ b/roles/captive-portal/templates/iiab-catch
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # substitute our own server to catch OS connectivity checking URL's
 
 systemctl stop {{ apache_service }}
-systemctl stop captive-portal
+# systemctl stop captive-portal
 echo address=/#/172.18.96.1 > /etc/dnsmasq.d/capture
 /opt/iiab/captive-portal/capture-wsgi.py -d &
 # write the pid just started
diff --git a/roles/captive-portal/templates/iiab-uncatch b/roles/captive-portal/templates/iiab-uncatch
index c0007fcb6..ee1c30804 100755
--- a/roles/captive-portal/templates/iiab-uncatch
+++ b/roles/captive-portal/templates/iiab-uncatch
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ awk '{print("address=/" $1 "/172.18.96.1")}' /opt/iiab/captive-portal/checkurls
 echo "#following tells windows 7 that captive portal is active" >>/etc/dnsmasq.d/capture
 echo "address=/dns.msftncsi.com/131.107.255.255" >> /etc/dnsmasq.d/capture
 awk '{print("ServerAlias ",$1)}' /opt/iiab/captive-portal/checkurls > /etc/apache2/capture
-systemctl start captive-portal
+# systemctl start captive-portal
 systemctl start {{ apache_service }}