diff --git a/ElectronicObserver/Data/PoiDbSubmission/PoiDbSubmissionService.cs b/ElectronicObserver/Data/PoiDbSubmission/PoiDbSubmissionService.cs
index 8a5b4dc7a..6ba8e1db9 100644
--- a/ElectronicObserver/Data/PoiDbSubmission/PoiDbSubmissionService.cs
+++ b/ElectronicObserver/Data/PoiDbSubmission/PoiDbSubmissionService.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ public PoiDbSubmissionService(KCDatabase kcDatabase)
 
 	private void OnConfigurationChanged()
 	{
+		// disable poi till we can make it work
+		return;
+
 		if (Configuration.Config.DataSubmission.SendDataToPoiPreview)
 		{
 			SubscribeToApis();
diff --git a/ElectronicObserver/Window/Settings/DataSubmission/ConfigurationDataSubmissionUserControl.xaml b/ElectronicObserver/Window/Settings/DataSubmission/ConfigurationDataSubmissionUserControl.xaml
index f093e9cc2..fc2f5435f 100644
--- a/ElectronicObserver/Window/Settings/DataSubmission/ConfigurationDataSubmissionUserControl.xaml
+++ b/ElectronicObserver/Window/Settings/DataSubmission/ConfigurationDataSubmissionUserControl.xaml
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@
 			</TextBlock>
 		</StackPanel>
 
-		<CheckBox Content="PoiDB" IsChecked="{Binding SendDataToPoi}" />
+		<CheckBox
+			Content="PoiDB"
+			IsChecked="{Binding SendDataToPoi}"
+			Visibility="Collapsed"
+			/>
 
 		<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
 			<CheckBox Content="{Binding Translation.BonodereIntegration, Mode=OneWay}" IsChecked="{Binding BonodereIntegrationEnabled}" />