@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 (define *verbosity-cache* (make-hash-table))
 (define *verbosity* 0)
 (define *default-log-port* (current-error-port))
 (define *logging* #f)
 (define *functions* (make-hash-table)) ;; symbol => fn
-(define *toppath* #f)
+;; (define *toppath* #f)
 (define *transport-type* 'http)
 
 (define (exec-fn fn . params)
   (if (hash-table-exists? *functions* fn)
       (apply (hash-table-ref *functions* fn) params)
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@
 
 (include "altdb.scm")
 
 
 (defstruct remote
-  (hh-dat            (exec-fn 'common:get-homehost)) ;; homehost record ( addr . hhflag )
-  (server-url        (if *toppath* (exec-fn 'server:check-if-running *toppath*))) ;; (server:check-if-running *toppath*) #f))
+  (hh-dat            #f) ;; (exec-fn 'common:get-homehost)) ;; homehost record ( addr . hhflag )
+  (server-url        #f) ;; (if *toppath* (exec-fn 'server:check-if-running *toppath*))) ;; (server:check-if-running *toppath*) #f))
   (last-server-check 0)  ;; last time we checked to see if the server was alive
   (conndat           #f)
   (transport         *transport-type*)
-  (server-timeout    (exec-fn 'server:expiration-timeout))
+  (server-timeout    #f) ;; (exec-fn 'server:expiration-timeout))
   (force-server      #f)
   (ro-mode           #f)  
   (ro-mode-checked   #f) ;; flag that indicates we have checked for ro-mode
   (ulex:conn         #f) ;; ulex db conn is not exactly a db connector, more like a network connector 
   )