diff --git a/next-env.d.ts b/next-env.d.ts
index 4f11a03d..a4a7b3f5 100644
--- a/next-env.d.ts
+++ b/next-env.d.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 /// <reference types="next/image-types/global" />
 
 // NOTE: This file should not be edited
-// see https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/typescript for more information.
+// see https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/building-your-application/configuring/typescript for more information.
diff --git a/server/api/externalapi.ts b/server/api/externalapi.ts
index 0dc1f967..5c3566c7 100644
--- a/server/api/externalapi.ts
+++ b/server/api/externalapi.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { RateLimitOptions } from '@server/utils/rateLimit';
-import rateLimit from '@server/utils/rateLimit';
+// import rateLimit from '@server/utils/rateLimit';
 import type NodeCache from 'node-cache';
 
 // 5 minute default TTL (in seconds)
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ class ExternalAPI {
     params: Record<string, string> = {},
     options: ExternalAPIOptions = {}
   ) {
-    if (options.rateLimit) {
-      this.fetch = rateLimit(fetch, options.rateLimit);
-    } else {
-      this.fetch = fetch;
-    }
+    // if (options.rateLimit) {
+    //   this.fetch = rateLimit(fetch, options.rateLimit);
+    // } else {
+    //   this.fetch = fetch;
+    // }
+    this.fetch = fetch;
 
     const url = new URL(baseUrl);
 
diff --git a/server/lib/imageproxy.ts b/server/lib/imageproxy.ts
index 04e320a0..e29e6a4e 100644
--- a/server/lib/imageproxy.ts
+++ b/server/lib/imageproxy.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logger from '@server/logger';
 import type { RateLimitOptions } from '@server/utils/rateLimit';
-import rateLimit from '@server/utils/rateLimit';
+// import rateLimit from '@server/utils/rateLimit';
 import { createHash } from 'crypto';
 import { promises } from 'fs';
 import mime from 'mime/lite';
@@ -150,13 +150,14 @@ class ImageProxy {
     this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
     this.key = key;
 
-    if (options.rateLimitOptions) {
-      this.fetch = rateLimit(fetch, {
-        ...options.rateLimitOptions,
-      });
-    } else {
-      this.fetch = fetch;
-    }
+    // if (options.rateLimitOptions) {
+    //   this.fetch = rateLimit(fetch, {
+    //     ...options.rateLimitOptions,
+    //   });
+    // } else {
+    //   this.fetch = fetch;
+    // }
+    this.fetch = fetch;
     this.headers = options.headers || null;
   }