diff --git a/grin.toml b/grin.toml
index ca6efc445..081fefcf4 100644
--- a/grin.toml
+++ b/grin.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ run_tui = true
 run_wallet_listener = true
 
 # Whether to run the web-wallet API (will only run on localhost)
-run_wallet_owner_api = true
+# grin wallet web will run this automatically, so this should
+# only be set to true for test/development purposes
+run_wallet_owner_api = false
 
 #Whether to run a test miner. This is only for developer testing (chaintype
 #usertesting) at cuckoo 16, and will only mine into the default wallet port.