diff --git a/packages/contracts/contracts/AppInstanceAdjudicator.sol b/packages/contracts/contracts/AppInstanceAdjudicator.sol
index f3cb5b643..72aa937a7 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/contracts/AppInstanceAdjudicator.sol
+++ b/packages/contracts/contracts/AppInstanceAdjudicator.sol
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ contract AppInstanceAdjudicator {
     public
     onlyWhenChannelOpen(_id)
   {
+
+    // FIXME: Before merging, the timeout variable has been removed to get
+    // a stack too deep error to go away ... need to refactor function.
+
     AppInstance storage c = apps[_id];
 
     require(