diff --git a/.project b/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55e5b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>i3login_allscale_runtime</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/src/components/scheduler_component.cpp b/src/components/scheduler_component.cpp
index 88ae7d9..1cd4f36 100644
--- a/src/components/scheduler_component.cpp
+++ b/src/components/scheduler_component.cpp
@@ -185,14 +185,14 @@ namespace allscale { namespace components {
         //having some slight error in total_length or num_threads, because of
         //outdated data (in case more threads got assigned after the counters
         //where read) this wont do too much harm i guess ???
-        std::unique_lock<mutex_type> l(counters_mtx_);
+        //std::unique_lock<mutex_type> l(counters_mtx_);
         // Do we have enough tasks in the system?
         if (total_length_ < num_threads_ * 10)
         {
-			hpx::util::unlock_guard<std::unique_lock<mutex_type> > ul(l);
+			//hpx::util::unlock_guard<std::unique_lock<mutex_type> > ul(l);
             return total_idle_rate_ >= 10.0;
         }
-		hpx::util::unlock_guard<std::unique_lock<mutex_type> > ul(l);
+		//hpx::util::unlock_guard<std::unique_lock<mutex_type> > ul(l);
         return total_idle_rate_ < 10.0;
     }