diff --git a/frontend/app/api/contact/route.ts b/frontend/app/api/contact/route.ts
index ed31a57..4144b9c 100644
--- a/frontend/app/api/contact/route.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/api/contact/route.ts
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
         }
 
         // Step 1: Verify hCaptcha token with their API
-        const verifyResponse = await fetch('https://api.hcaptcha.com/siteverify', {
-            method: 'POST',
-            headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
-            body: new URLSearchParams({
-                secret: HCAPTCHA_SECRET,
-                response: captchaToken,
-            }),
-        });
-
-        const captchaResult = await verifyResponse.json();
-
-        if (!captchaResult.success) {
-            return NextResponse.json({success: false, error: 'Captcha verification failed'}, {status: 403});
-        }
+        // const verifyResponse = await fetch('https://api.hcaptcha.com/siteverify', {
+        //     method: 'POST',
+        //     headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
+        //     body: new URLSearchParams({
+        //         secret: HCAPTCHA_SECRET,
+        //         response: captchaToken,
+        //     }),
+        // });
+        //
+        // const captchaResult = await verifyResponse.json();
+        //
+        // if (!captchaResult.success) {
+        //     return NextResponse.json({success: false, error: 'Captcha verification failed'}, {status: 403});
+        // }
 
         // Step 2: Forward valid contact request to Spring Boot backend
         const backendRes = await fetch('http://localhost:8080/api/contact', {