diff --git a/release/kubernetes-manifests.yaml b/release/kubernetes-manifests.yaml
index eea7574..49c9e2b 100644
--- a/release/kubernetes-manifests.yaml
+++ b/release/kubernetes-manifests.yaml
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ spec:
           value: "1"
         - name: ENABLE_RELOAD
           value: "1"
-        - name: LATENCY_SPIKE
-          value: "100"          
+        # - name: LATENCY_SPIKE
+        #   value: "100"          
         # - name: JAEGER_SERVICE_ADDR
         #   value: "jaeger-collector:14268"
         readinessProbe:
diff --git a/src/productcatalogservice/server.go b/src/productcatalogservice/server.go
index 4770d0d..3cececb 100644
--- a/src/productcatalogservice/server.go
+++ b/src/productcatalogservice/server.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 	// "syscall"
     "time"
     "math/rand"
-    "strconv"
+    // "strconv"
 
 	pb "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo/src/productcatalogservice/genproto"
 	healthpb "google.golang.org/grpc/health/grpc_health_v1"
@@ -249,12 +249,12 @@ func (p *productCatalog) ListProducts(context.Context, *pb.Empty) (*pb.ListProdu
 
 func (p *productCatalog) GetProduct(ctx context.Context, req *pb.GetProductRequest) (*pb.Product, error) {
 	if s := os.Getenv("LATENCY_SPIKE"); s != "" {
-		v, err := strconv.Atoi(s)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("faigit chaled to parse EXTRA_LATENCY (%s) as int: %+v", v, err)
-		}
-        rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
-        n := 3 * (1 + rand.Intn(v)) // n will be between 0 and v
+		// v, err := strconv.Atoi(s)
+		// if err != nil {
+		// 	log.Fatalf("faigit chaled to parse EXTRA_LATENCY (%s) as int: %+v", v, err)
+		// }
+        // rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+        n := 3 * (1 + rand.Intn(10)) // n will be between 0 and v
         time.Sleep(time.Duration(n)*time.Second)           
 		log.Infof("extra latency enabled (duration: %v)", extraLatency)
 	} else {