diff --git a/config/ekf.yaml b/config/ekf.yaml
index 8bf14b5..386ab3e 100644
--- a/config/ekf.yaml
+++ b/config/ekf.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ekf_filter_node:
         publish_acceleration: true
 
 # Whether to broadcast the transformation over the /tf topic. Defaultsto true if unspecified.
-        publish_tf: true #was true
+        publish_tf: false #was true
 
 # 1. Set the map_frame, odom_frame, and base_link frames to the appropriate frame names for your system.
 #     1a. If your system does not have a map_frame, just remove it, and make sure "world_frame" is set to the value of odom_frame.