diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/file-status.wrapper.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/file-status.wrapper.ts
index 5c91f61d9..5ceac440c 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/file-status.wrapper.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/models/file/file-status.wrapper.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ export class FileStatusWrapper {
     }
 
     get hasAnnotationComments() {
-        return this.fileStatus.hasAnnotationComments;
+        // return this.fileStatus.hasAnnotationComments;
+        // TODO remove this once backend works properly
+        return false;
     }
 
     get ocrTime() {