diff --git a/server/app.py b/server/app.py
index 166d260..0dd0339 100644
--- a/server/app.py
+++ b/server/app.py
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ def mqtt_publisher(artnetUniverse):
 def start_mqtt_publishers(universe_count):
     used_universes = universe_count
     print("universe count: "+str(used_universes))
-    universes_to_publish = list(range(1, used_universes + 1))
+    # universes_to_publish = list(range(1, used_universes + 1))
     # Create and start a thread for each universe
-    for universe in universes_to_publish:
+    for universe in range(used_universes):
         threads = [threading.Thread(target=mqtt_publisher, args=(universe,))]
 
     for thread in threads: