diff --git a/p2p/connected.go b/p2p/connected.go
index 3ec8c3a4f..a3a070998 100644
--- a/p2p/connected.go
+++ b/p2p/connected.go
@@ -94,11 +94,12 @@ func (n *QriNode) handleConnected(ws *WrappedStream, msg Message) (hangup bool)
 	}
 
 	// forward this message to all connected peers except the sender
-	pids := peerDifference(n.ConnectedQriPeerIDs(), []peer.ID{pinfo.ID})
-	if err := n.SendMessage(msg, nil, pids...); err != nil {
-		log.Debug(err.Error())
-		return
-	}
+	// TODO - this is causing concurrent iteration & write to the repo profile store. Fix
+	// pids := peerDifference(n.ConnectedQriPeerIDs(), []peer.ID{pinfo.ID})
+	// if err := n.SendMessage(msg, nil, pids...); err != nil {
+	// 	log.Debug(err.Error())
+	// 	return
+	// }
 
 	// store that we've seen this message, cleaning up after a while
 	n.msgState.Store(msg.ID, true)