diff --git a/neonsrv/interface.py b/neonsrv/interface.py
index a984945..93ee26d 100644
--- a/neonsrv/interface.py
+++ b/neonsrv/interface.py
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@
 
 class RootHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
     def get_files(self, document_type):
-        root_dir = os.path.abspath(conf.MEI_DIRECTORY)
-        mei_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, document_type)
+        if(document_type != "cheironomic"):
+            root_dir = os.path.abspath(conf.MEI_DIRECTORY)
+            mei_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, document_type)
 
-        # only list mei files (not jpeg)
-        meiFiles = []
-        for f in os.listdir(mei_dir):
-            if f.endswith(".mei"):
-                meiFiles.append(f)
-        return meiFiles
+            # only list mei files (not jpeg)
+            meiFiles = []
+            for f in os.listdir(mei_dir):
+                if f.endswith(".mei"):
+                    meiFiles.append(f)
+            return meiFiles
 
     def get_document_types(self):
         mei_dir = os.path.abspath(conf.MEI_DIRECTORY)
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ def get(self, url):
         elif url == "demo.html":
             self.render(url, 
                     squarenotefiles=self.get_files('squarenote'), 
-                    stafflessfiles=self.get_files('cheironomic'),
+                    # stafflessfiles=self.get_files('cheironomic'),
                     document_types=self.get_document_types(),
                     errors="", 
                     prefix=conf.get_prefix())
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ def post(self, request):
 
         self.render("demo.html",
                     squarenotefiles=self.get_files('squarenote'), 
-                    stafflessfiles=self.get_files('cheironomic'),
+                    # stafflessfiles=self.get_files('cheironomic'),
                     document_types=self.get_document_types(),
                     errors=errors, 
                     prefix=conf.get_prefix())
diff --git a/templates/demo.html b/templates/demo.html
index 221c357..1fd8c59 100644
--- a/templates/demo.html
+++ b/templates/demo.html
@@ -91,15 +91,15 @@ <h2>Score Selection</h2>
 
                             <hr/>
 
-                            <h2>Staffless Neume Demo (alpha)</h2>
+                            <!-- <h2>Staffless Neume Demo (alpha)</h2>
                             Choose a page of music from the St. Gallen manuscript to view or edit
                             <ul>
-                            {% for f in stafflessfiles %}
+                            {#{% for f in stafflessfiles %}
                                 <li><a href="{{prefix}}/stafflesseditor/{{f}}">{{ f }}</a></li>
-                            {% end %}
+                            {% end %}#}
                             </ul>
 
-                            <hr/>
+                            <hr/> -->
 
                             <h2>Score Upload</h2>
                             Upload a symbolic music file (.mei) and an image of the page of music