diff --git a/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf b/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
index 2b4a488..2f7b047 100644
--- a/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
+++ b/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ max-cache-ttl 31536000
 log-file /var/log/gpg-agent
 debug-level basic
 pinentry-program /run/current-system/sw/bin/pinentry
-use-agent
+#use-agent # commented this out. I did a system upgrade and this argument became inactive.