diff --git a/create_lxc_base.sh b/create_lxc_base.sh
index 3514ac1..58c414e 100755
--- a/create_lxc_base.sh
+++ b/create_lxc_base.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ else
     # TODO move this sovereign-stack-base construction VM to separate dedicated IP
     lxc config set "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
 
-    for CHAIN in mainnet testnet; do
-        for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
-            lxc storage volume attach ss-base "$CHAIN-$DATA" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "/home/ubuntu/.ss/cache/bitcoin/$CHAIN/$DATA"
-        done
-    done
+    # for CHAIN in mainnet testnet; do
+    #     for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
+    #         lxc storage volume attach ss-base "$CHAIN-$DATA" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "/home/ubuntu/bitcoin/$DATA"
+    #     done
+    # done
 
     lxc start "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
 
@@ -49,27 +49,27 @@ else
     # ensure the ssh service is listening at localhost
     lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- wait-for-it -t 100 127.0.0.1:22
 
-    # If we have any chaninstate or blocks in our SSME, let's push them to the
-    # remote host as a zfs volume that way deployments can share a common history
-    # of chainstate/blocks.
-    for CHAIN in testnet mainnet; do
-        for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
-            # if the storage snapshot doesn't yet exist, create it.
-            if ! lxc storage volume list ss-base -q --format csv -c n | grep -q "$CHAIN-$DATA/snap0"; then
-                DATA_PATH="/home/ubuntu/.ss/cache/bitcoin/$CHAIN/$DATA"
-                if [ -d "$DATA_PATH" ]; then
-                    COMPLETE_FILE_PATH="$DATA_PATH/complete"
-                    if lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- [ ! -f "$COMPLETE_FILE_PATH" ]; then
-                        lxc file push --recursive --project=default "$DATA_PATH/" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME""$DATA_PATH/"
-                        lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- su ubuntu - bash -c "echo $(date) > $COMPLETE_FILE_PATH"
-                        lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- chown -R 999:999 "$DATA_PATH/$DATA"
-                    else
-                        echo "INFO: it appears as though $CHAIN/$DATA has already been initialized. Continuing."
-                    fi
-                fi
-            fi
-        done
-    done
+    # # If we have any chaninstate or blocks in our SSME, let's push them to the
+    # # remote host as a zfs volume that way deployments can share a common history
+    # # of chainstate/blocks.
+    # for CHAIN in testnet mainnet; do
+    #     for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
+    #         # if the storage snapshot doesn't yet exist, create it.
+    #         if ! lxc storage volume list ss-base -q --format csv -c n | grep -q "$CHAIN-$DATA/snap0"; then
+    #             DATA_PATH="/home/ubuntu/.ss/cache/bitcoin/$CHAIN/$DATA"
+    #             if [ -d "$DATA_PATH" ]; then
+    #                 COMPLETE_FILE_PATH="$DATA_PATH/complete"
+    #                 if lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- [ ! -f "$COMPLETE_FILE_PATH" ]; then
+    #                     lxc file push --recursive --project=default "$DATA_PATH/" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME""$DATA_PATH/"
+    #                     lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- su ubuntu - bash -c "echo $(date) > $COMPLETE_FILE_PATH"
+    #                     lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- chown -R 999:999 "$DATA_PATH/$DATA"
+    #                 else
+    #                     echo "INFO: it appears as though $CHAIN/$DATA has already been initialized. Continuing."
+    #                 fi
+    #             fi
+    #         fi
+    #     done
+    # done
 
     # stop the VM and get a snapshot.
     lxc stop "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ lxc publish --public "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME/$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" --project=def
 echo "INFO: Success creating the base image. Deleting artifacts from the build process."
 lxc delete -f "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
 
-# now let's get a snapshot of each of the blocks/chainstate directories.
-for CHAIN in testnet mainnet; do
-    for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
-        if ! lxc storage volume list ss-base -q --format csv -c n | grep -q "$CHAIN-$DATA/snap0"; then
-            echo "INFO: Creating a snapshot 'ss-base/$CHAIN-$DATA/snap0'."
-            lxc storage volume snapshot ss-base --project=default "$CHAIN-$DATA"
-        fi
-    done
-done
+# # now let's get a snapshot of each of the blocks/chainstate directories.
+# for CHAIN in testnet mainnet; do
+#     for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
+#         if ! lxc storage volume list ss-base -q --format csv -c n | grep -q "$CHAIN-$DATA/snap0"; then
+#             echo "INFO: Creating a snapshot 'ss-base/$CHAIN-$DATA/snap0'."
+#             lxc storage volume snapshot ss-base --project=default "$CHAIN-$DATA"
+#         fi
+#     done
+# done