diff --git a/gga_init.py b/gga_init.py
index f8c705e2f27530c0a6f7b940b08cc97ad5b60b1a..92bee9eab47905620c7ef607e325f22a50679649 100755
--- a/gga_init.py
+++ b/gga_init.py
@@ -431,9 +431,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         deploy_stack_for_current_organism.make_compose_files()
         logging.info("Successfully generated the docker-compose files for %s %s", deploy_stack_for_current_organism.genus, deploy_stack_for_current_organism.species)
 
-    logging.info("Deploying stacks")
-    if args.force_traefik:
-        deploy_stacks(input_list=sp_dict_list, main_dir=main_dir, deploy_traefik=True)
-    else:
-        deploy_stacks(input_list=sp_dict_list, main_dir=main_dir, deploy_traefik=False)
-    logging.info("All stacks deployed for organisms in input file %s" % args.input)
+    # logging.info("Deploying stacks")
+    # if args.force_traefik:
+    #     deploy_stacks(input_list=sp_dict_list, main_dir=main_dir, deploy_traefik=True)
+    # else:
+    #     deploy_stacks(input_list=sp_dict_list, main_dir=main_dir, deploy_traefik=False)
+    # logging.info("All stacks deployed for organisms in input file %s" % args.input)
diff --git a/utilities.py b/utilities.py
index b928b4c067617b785ba4da70ff9a58fd101a403e..0bad62244d2095d93ea4e0c41e525a7629dbe674 100755
--- a/utilities.py
+++ b/utilities.py
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ def get_sp_picture(sp_dict_list):
 
             sp_picture_dict[genus_species] = sp[constants.ORG_PARAM_DESC][constants.ORG_PARAM_DESC_PICTURE_PATH]
 
+    logging.debug("picture dict: %s" % sp_picture_dict)
+
     return sp_picture_dict
 
 def get_sp_jbrowse_links(org_list):