diff --git a/backend/src/federation/index.ts b/backend/src/federation/index.ts
index 8974c4e45..2ca58b432 100644
--- a/backend/src/federation/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/federation/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types */
 
 import DHT from '@hyperswarm/dht'
-import { Connection } from '@dbTools/typeorm'
+// import { Connection } from '@dbTools/typeorm'
 import { backendLogger as logger } from '@/server/logger'
 
 function between(min: number, max: number) {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const nodeAPI = {
 }
 
 export const startDHT = async (
-  connection: Connection,
+  // connection: Connection,
   topic: string,
 ): Promise<void> => {
   try {
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ export const startDHT = async (
       const collectedPubKeys: string[] = []
 
       for await (const data of result) {
-        /* console.log(
-           `${data.from.host}:${data.from.port}: peers: ${data.peers.length}`
-           ); */
         data.peers.forEach((peer: any) => {
           const pubKey = peer.publicKey.toString('hex')
           if (
@@ -93,13 +90,13 @@ export const startDHT = async (
         // publicKey here is keyPair.publicKey from above
         const socket = node.connect(Buffer.from(remotePubKey, 'hex'))
 
-        /* socket.once("connect", function () {
-           console.log("client side emitted connect");
-           }); */
+        // socket.once("connect", function () {
+        // console.log("client side emitted connect");
+        // });
 
-        /* socket.once("end", function () {
-           console.log("client side ended");
-           }); */
+        // socket.once("end", function () {
+        // console.log("client side ended");
+        // });
 
         socket.once('error', (err: any) => {
           errorfulRequests.push(remotePubKey)
diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 5c0f0c293..dc1bbb115 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { startDHT } from '@/federation/index'
 import CONFIG from './config'
 
 async function main() {
-  const { app, con } = await createServer()
+  const { app } = await createServer()
 
   app.listen(CONFIG.PORT, () => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   // start DHT hyperswarm when DHT_TOPIC is set in .env
   if (CONFIG.DHT_TOPIC) {
-    await startDHT(con, CONFIG.DHT_TOPIC)
+    await startDHT(CONFIG.DHT_TOPIC) // con,
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/tsconfig.json b/backend/tsconfig.json
index 6a59eb2c0..2e5a8b5b2 100644
--- a/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     /* Basic Options */
     // "incremental": true,                         /* Enable incremental compilation */
-    "target": "es6",                             /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', 'ES2018', 'ES2019', 'ES2020', 'ES2021', or 'ESNEXT'. */
+    "target": "es6",                                /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', 'ES2018', 'ES2019', 'ES2020', 'ES2021', or 'ESNEXT'. */
     "module": "commonjs",                           /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', 'es2020', or 'ESNext'. */
     // "lib": [],                                   /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */
     // "allowJs": true,                             /* Allow javascript files to be compiled. */