diff --git a/consensus/consensus-types/src/proof_of_store.rs b/consensus/consensus-types/src/proof_of_store.rs
index 3f06a6cf0f274..46ba215e4af12 100644
--- a/consensus/consensus-types/src/proof_of_store.rs
+++ b/consensus/consensus-types/src/proof_of_store.rs
@@ -260,7 +260,10 @@ impl SignedBatchInfo {
             );
         }
 
-        Ok(validator.verify(self.signer, &self.info, &self.signature)?)
+        // daniel hack
+        Ok(())
+
+        // Ok(validator.verify(self.signer, &self.info, &self.signature)?)
     }
 
     pub fn signature(&self) -> &bls12381::Signature {
diff --git a/testsuite/forge-cli/src/main.rs b/testsuite/forge-cli/src/main.rs
index 69c7e1730e6ed..1d44f04e1482c 100644
--- a/testsuite/forge-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/testsuite/forge-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ fn background_traffic_for_sweep_with_latency(criteria: &[(f32, f32)]) -> Option<
 }
 
 fn realistic_env_load_sweep_test() -> ForgeConfig {
-    realistic_env_sweep_wrap(100, 20, LoadVsPerfBenchmark {
+    realistic_env_sweep_wrap(100, 10, LoadVsPerfBenchmark {
         test: Box::new(PerformanceBenchmark),
         workloads: Workloads::TPS(vec![10000]),
         criteria: [