diff --git a/cfa/dataops/catalog.py b/cfa/dataops/catalog.py
index 279752a..04b992c 100644
--- a/cfa/dataops/catalog.py
+++ b/cfa/dataops/catalog.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def write_blob(
                 container_name=self.container,
                 append_blob=append,
             )
-        self.ledger_entry(action="write")
+        # self.ledger_entry(action="write")
         # print(f"file written to: {full_path}")
 
     def read_blobs(
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def read_blobs(
             )
             for i in blobs
         ]
-        self.ledger_entry(action="read")
+        # self.ledger_entry(action="read")
         return blob_bytes
 
     def read_csv(self, suffix: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def read_csv(self, suffix: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
             container_name=self.container,
         )
         df = pd.read_csv(blob)
-        self.ledger_entry(action="read")
+        # self.ledger_entry(action="read")
         return df
 
     def get_versions(self) -> list:
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ def download_version_to_local(
             with open(local_file_path, "wb") as f:
                 f.write(file_bytes)
                 written = True
-        if written:
-            self.ledger_entry(action="read")
+        # if written:
+        # self.ledger_entry(action="read")
         return written
 
     @overload
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def get_dataframe(
                         credential=ManagedIdentityCredential()
                     ),
                 )
-                self.ledger_entry(action="read")
+                # self.ledger_entry(action="read")
                 return df
             elif file_ext == "csv":
                 path = str(PurePosixPath(name).parent / f"*.{file_ext}")
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ def get_dataframe(
                         credential=ManagedIdentityCredential()
                     ),
                 )
-                self.ledger_entry(action="read")
+                ##self.ledger_entry(action="read")
                 return df
             elif file_ext == "ndjson" or file_ext == "jsonl":
                 path = str(PurePosixPath(name).parent / f"*.{file_ext}")
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def get_dataframe(
                         credential=ManagedIdentityCredential()
                     ),
                 )
-                self.ledger_entry(action="read")
+                ##self.ledger_entry(action="read")
                 return df
             else:
                 raise ValueError(f"Lazy loading not supported for {file_ext} files.")
@@ -544,9 +544,11 @@ def ledger_entry(self, action: str) -> None:
             "action": action,
         }
         log_data = (json.dumps(log_entry) + "\n").encode("utf-8")
-        write_blob_stream(  # TODO: make this a streaming write to a single file (one per day parsed from get_timestamp())
+        ledger_path = f"{self.ledger_location['prefix']}/{get_date()}.jsonl"
+
+        write_blob_stream(
             data=log_data,
-            blob_url=f"{self.ledger_location['prefix']}/{get_date()}.jsonl",
+            blob_url=ledger_path,
             account_name=self.ledger_location["account"],
             container_name=self.ledger_location["container"],
             append_blob=True,
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 2445091..71e6999 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Calendar Versioning](https://calver.org/).
 The versioning pattern is `YYYY.MM.DD.micro(a/b/{none if release})
 
 ---
+## [2026.05.12.0]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- removed the ledger reads and write temporarily
+
 ## [2026.04.27.0]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index afb80c2..5d5705f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "cfa.dataops"
-version = "2026.04.27.0"
+version = "2026.05.12.0"
 description = "Data cataloging, ETL, modeling, verification, and validation for CFA"
 authors = [
     { name = "Phil Rogers", email = "ap66@cdc.gov" },