diff --git a/js-assembler/runtime-src/runtime.js b/js-assembler/runtime-src/runtime.js
index 8e66cad..fa4f550 100644
--- a/js-assembler/runtime-src/runtime.js
+++ b/js-assembler/runtime-src/runtime.js
@@ -377,11 +377,15 @@
     var recomputeMaxNumBouncesBeforeYield;
 
     var scheduleTrampoline = function(MACHINE, f) {
-        setTimeout(
-	    function() { 
-                return MACHINE.trampoline(f); 
-            },
-	    0);
+        // FIXME: at the moment, the setTimeout is breaking when we get
+        // a rapid set of events from web-world.  We are running into
+        // a very ugly re-entrancy bug.  https://github.com/dyoo/whalesong/issues/70
+
+        // setTimeout(
+	//     function() { 
+        return MACHINE.trampoline(f); 
+        // },
+	// 0);
     };
 
     // Creates a restarting function, that reschedules f in a context
diff --git a/version.rkt b/version.rkt
index 865b3e0..96261f3 100644
--- a/version.rkt
+++ b/version.rkt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 (provide version)
 (: version String)
 
-(define version "1.96")
+(define version "1.97")