diff --git a/dank_mids/ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES.py b/dank_mids/ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES.py
index 51667b7d..fa24cc1b 100644
--- a/dank_mids/ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES.py
+++ b/dank_mids/ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES.py
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
 # Validate some stuffs
 
 # NOTE: The other modes are (probably) bugging out right now. More investigation needed. For now you use infura mode.
-if not OPERATION_MODE.infura:
-    raise ValueError("Dank mids must be run in infura mode for now")
+#if not OPERATION_MODE.infura:
+#    raise ValueError("Dank mids must be run in infura mode for now")
 
 if OPERATION_MODE.infura:
     for process_pool in {MULTICALL_DECODER_PROCESSES, BROWNIE_DECODER_PROCESSES, BROWNIE_ENCODER_PROCESSES}:
diff --git a/dank_mids/controller.py b/dank_mids/controller.py
index ca933012..4b3c2977 100644
--- a/dank_mids/controller.py
+++ b/dank_mids/controller.py
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ def reduce_batch_size(self, num_calls: int) -> None:
     
     def _reduce_chunk_size(self, num_calls: int, chunk_name: Literal["multicall", "jsonrpc"]) -> None:
         new_chunk_size = round(num_calls * 0.99) if num_calls >= 100 else num_calls - 1
+        # TODO: remove this later
+        logger.info('potential new %s batch size %s', chunk_name, new_chunk_size)
         if new_chunk_size < 30:
             logger.warning(f"your {chunk_name} batch size is really low, did you have some connection issue earlier? You might want to restart your script. {chunk_name} chunk size will not be further lowered.")
             return