diff --git a/src/controller/controller.cpp b/src/controller/controller.cpp
index 4cad5f9e..bd462b05 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/controller.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void statusMonitor(void * np){
       tthread::lock_guard<tthread::mutex> guard(Controller::configMutex);
       Controller::CheckProtocols(Controller::Storage["config"]["protocols"], Controller::capabilities);
       Controller::CheckAllStreams(Controller::Storage["streams"]);
-      Controller::myConverter.updateStatus();
+      //Controller::myConverter.updateStatus();
     }
     Util::wait(5000);//wait at least 5 seconds
   }
diff --git a/src/controller/controller_api.cpp b/src/controller/controller_api.cpp
index dda2959d..e5ac7e1a 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller_api.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/controller_api.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ int Controller::handleAPIConnection(Socket::Connection & conn){
             Controller::checkCapable(capabilities);
             Response["capabilities"] = capabilities;
           }
+          /// \todo Re-enable conversion API at some point.
+          /*
           if (Request.isMember("conversion")){
             if (Request["conversion"].isMember("encoders")){
               Response["conversion"]["encoders"] = myConverter.getEncoders();
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ int Controller::handleAPIConnection(Socket::Connection & conn){
               Response["conversion"]["status"] = myConverter.getStatus();
             }
           }
+          */
           /// 
           /// \api
           /// `"save"` requests are always empty:
diff --git a/src/controller/controller_capabilities.cpp b/src/controller/controller_capabilities.cpp
index 76798ad5..7cb974c9 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller_capabilities.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/controller_capabilities.cpp
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@
 ///\brief Holds everything unique to the controller.
 namespace Controller {
   
-  ///Create a converter class and automatically load in all encoders.
-  Converter::Converter myConverter;
-
   JSON::Value capabilities;
+  //Converter::Converter * myConverter = 0;
+  
   
   ///Aquire list of available protocols, storing in global 'capabilities' JSON::Value.
   void checkAvailProtocols(){
diff --git a/src/controller/controller_capabilities.h b/src/controller/controller_capabilities.h
index 5ff9c14d..2228f66d 100644
--- a/src/controller/controller_capabilities.h
+++ b/src/controller/controller_capabilities.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 namespace Controller {
   extern JSON::Value capabilities; ///< Global storage of capabilities
-  extern Converter::Converter myConverter;
+  //extern Converter::Converter * myConverter;
   void checkCapable(JSON::Value & capa);
   void checkAvailProtocols();
 }