diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 73e379ad..55e96c72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [3.1.7](https://github.com/aeternity/tipping-community-backend/compare/v3.1.6...v3.1.7) (2024-05-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* disables messages on startup to avoid doing everything at once ([9f5cfe6](https://github.com/aeternity/tipping-community-backend/commit/9f5cfe6138ea5e5ae9e914a26ae3a13dc4ab3300))
+
 ## [3.1.6](https://github.com/aeternity/tipping-community-backend/compare/v3.1.5...v3.1.6) (2024-05-07)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 84e40cc6..8091a9de 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "tipping-community-backend",
-  "version": "3.1.6",
+  "version": "3.1.7",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "tipping-community-backend",
-      "version": "3.1.6",
+      "version": "3.1.7",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aeternity/aepp-calldata": "^1.7.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9879a9a..c40919bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tipping-community-backend",
-  "version": "3.1.6",
+  "version": "3.1.7",
   "description": "",
   "main": "bin/www.js",
   "prepare": "husky install",