diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index af5b80e..0ba6783 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ import com.android.build.OutputFile
 
 project.ext.react = [
     entryFile: "index.js",
-    enableHermes: true,  // clean and rebuild if changing
+    enableHermes: false,  // clean and rebuild if changing
 ]
 
 apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"