diff --git a/packages/at_client/lib/src/transformer/response_transformer/get_response_transformer.dart b/packages/at_client/lib/src/transformer/response_transformer/get_response_transformer.dart
index aaae80ced..c485acde8 100644
--- a/packages/at_client/lib/src/transformer/response_transformer/get_response_transformer.dart
+++ b/packages/at_client/lib/src/transformer/response_transformer/get_response_transformer.dart
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class GetResponseTransformer
         atValue.value = await _decrypt(atValue, decryptionService, tuple.one);
         tuple.one.metadata.isEncrypted = true;
         // update the same key with isEncrypted set in metadata
-        await _atClient.putMeta(tuple.one);
+       // await _atClient.putMeta(tuple.one);
       } on FormatException {
         // trying to decrypt plain data will result in FormatException.
         if (atValue.metadata!.encoding != null) {