diff --git a/repo/env.j2 b/repo/env.j2
index 82fb6ba..f1a70b5 100644
--- a/repo/env.j2
+++ b/repo/env.j2
@@ -119,8 +119,10 @@ ENABLE_AUTH=0
 # Enable guest access
 ENABLE_GUESTS=1
 
+{# this is a comment in the jinja2 template file
+
 # Select authentication type: internal, jwt, ldap or matrix
-AUTH_TYPE=jwt
+#AUTH_TYPE=jwt
 
 # JWT authentication
 #
@@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ AUTH_TYPE=jwt
 # (Optional) Set asap_accepted_audiences as a comma separated list
 #JWT_ACCEPTED_AUDIENCES=my_server1,my_server2
 
+#}
+
 # LDAP authentication (for more information see the Cyrus SASL saslauthd.conf man page)
 #