diff --git a/ui/gallery-prototype.js b/ui/gallery-prototype.js
index daea9bfb..47e059b0 100755
--- a/ui/gallery-prototype.js
+++ b/ui/gallery-prototype.js
@@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@ function setupEvents(){
 			})
 	// save things if updated within a minute...
 	// XXX this gets very slow when saving a large data dump...
+	/* XXX temporarely disabled to avoid real-life slowdowns...
 	setInterval(function(){
 			if(updated){
 				ImageGrid.saveState()
@@ -1210,6 +1211,7 @@ function setupEvents(){
 			}}, 
 			// check every 2 minutes...
 			2*60*1000)
+	*/
 	// autosave every ten minutes...
 	// XXX do we really need this?
 	//setInterval(ImageGrid.saveState, 600000)