diff --git a/tcl/seainit.tcl b/tcl/seainit.tcl
index 27ec3a2..f695370 100644
--- a/tcl/seainit.tcl
+++ b/tcl/seainit.tcl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ServerOption LogFileDir $logbase/log
 ServerOption LoggerDir  $logbase/logger
 #where the logger files should be written
 
-ServerOption HistoryDir  $logbase/history
+#ServerOption HistoryDir  $logbase/history
 #where the FRAPPY-like history files should be written
 
 ServerOption LogReaderPath $logbase/logger:$env(HOME)/sicslogger