diff --git a/rvc/train/train.py b/rvc/train/train.py
index 65e57735..f7787129 100644
--- a/rvc/train/train.py
+++ b/rvc/train/train.py
@@ -439,7 +439,8 @@ def run(
 
     cache = []
     # get the first sample as reference for tensorboard evaluation
-    if os.path.isfile(os.path.join("logs", "reference", f"ref{sample_rate}.wav")):
+    # custom reference temporarily disabled
+    if True == False and os.path.isfile(os.path.join("logs", "reference", f"ref{sample_rate}.wav")):
         import numpy as np
 
         phone = np.load(