diff --git a/src/node/waku_node.py b/src/node/waku_node.py
index 7afe881c6..d514360bb 100644
--- a/src/node/waku_node.py
+++ b/src/node/waku_node.py
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ class WakuNode:
             "peer-exchange": "true",
             "discv5-discovery": "true",
             "cluster-id": DEFAULT_CLUSTER_ID,
+            # "num-shards-in-network": "8",
             "rln-creds-id": None,
             "rln-creds-source": None,
             "nodekey": self.generate_random_nodekey(),