diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
index 94d321b8..c5dd2d00 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfictionnet.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class FanFictionNetSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
         url = self.origurl
         logger.debug("URL: "+url)
-        raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("The site fanfiction.net is blocking downloads.  Site is disabled in this version of FanFicFare.")
+        # raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("The site fanfiction.net is blocking downloads.  Site is disabled in this version of FanFicFare.")
 
         # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
         try: