diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/IndexBuilderThreadTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/IndexBuilderThreadTest.java
index 450694ed1..9301ee435 100644
--- a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/IndexBuilderThreadTest.java
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/IndexBuilderThreadTest.java
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.indexing;
 import junit.framework.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.testing.AbstractTestClass;
 
 
 public class IndexBuilderThreadTest extends AbstractTestClass {
-	
+	@Ignore
 	@Test
 	public void testStoppingTheThread(){	 
 	    setLoggerLevel(IndexBuilder.class, Level.OFF);