diff --git a/consumer/consumer.go b/consumer/consumer.go
index e59cc27..90461ab 100644
--- a/consumer/consumer.go
+++ b/consumer/consumer.go
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import (
     "github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
     "github.com/nats-io/nats.go/jetstream"
     "github.com/rs/zerolog"
-    "github.com/xitongsys/parquet-go-source/local"
-    "github.com/xitongsys/parquet-go/writer"
 )
 
 const basePath = "/data"
@@ -43,10 +41,6 @@ type ConsumerConfig struct {
 
 type Consumer struct {
     log              zerolog.Logger
-    discoveryWriter  *writer.ParquetWriter
-    metadataWriter   *writer.ParquetWriter
-    validatorWriter  *writer.ParquetWriter
-    ipMetadataWriter *writer.ParquetWriter
     js               jetstream.JetStream
 
     peerDiscoveredChan    chan *types.PeerDiscoveredEvent
@@ -65,56 +59,8 @@ type Consumer struct {
 }
 
 func NewConsumer(cfg *ConsumerConfig, log zerolog.Logger, js jetstream.JetStream, chClient *ch.ClickhouseClient, db *sql.DB, dune *Dune) (*Consumer, error) {
-    discoveryFilePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/discovery_events.parquet", basePath)
-    w_discovery, err := local.NewLocalFileWriter(discoveryFilePath)
-    if err != nil {
-        return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating discovery events parquet file: %w", err)
-    }
-
-    metadataFilePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/metadata_events.parquet", basePath)
-    w_metadata, err := local.NewLocalFileWriter(metadataFilePath)
-    if err != nil {
-        return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating metadata events parquet file: %w", err)
-    }
-
-    validatorFilePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/validator_metadata_events.parquet", basePath)
-    w_validator, err := local.NewLocalFileWriter(validatorFilePath)
-    if err != nil {
-        return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating validator parquet file: %w", err)
-    }
-
-    ipMetadataFilePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/ip_metadata_events.parquet", basePath)
-    w_ipMetadata, err := local.NewLocalFileWriter(ipMetadataFilePath)
-    if err != nil {
-        return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating IP metadata events parquet file: %w", err)
-    }
-
-    discoveryWriter, err := writer.NewParquetWriter(w_discovery, new(types.PeerDiscoveredEvent), 4)
-    if err != nil {
-        return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating Peer discovered Parquet writer: %w", err)
-    }
-
-    metadataWriter, err := writer.NewParquetWriter(w_metadata, new(types.MetadataReceivedEvent), 4)
-    if err != nil {
-        return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating Metadata Parquet writer: %w", err)
-    }
-
-    validatorWriter, err := writer.NewParquetWriter(w_validator, new(types.ValidatorEvent), 4)
-    if err != nil {
-        return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating Validator Parquet writer: %w", err)
-    }
-
-    ipMetadataWriter, err := writer.NewParquetWriter(w_ipMetadata, new(types.IPMetadataEvent), 4)
-    if err != nil {
-        return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating IP Metadata Parquet writer: %w", err)
-    }
-
     return &Consumer{
         log:              log,
-        discoveryWriter:  discoveryWriter,
-        metadataWriter:   metadataWriter,
-        validatorWriter:  validatorWriter,
-        ipMetadataWriter: ipMetadataWriter,
         js:               js,
 
         peerDiscoveredChan:    make(chan *types.PeerDiscoveredEvent, 16384),
@@ -592,12 +538,6 @@ func (c *Consumer) handleMetadataEvent(event types.MetadataReceivedEvent) {
         c.log.Info().Any("validator_event", validatorEvent).Msg("Inserted validator event")
     }
 
-    if err := c.validatorWriter.Write(validatorEvent); err != nil {
-        c.log.Err(err).Msg("Failed to write validator event to Parquet file")
-    } else {
-        c.log.Trace().Msg("Wrote validator event to Parquet file")
-    }
-
     maAddr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(event.Multiaddr)
     if err != nil {
         c.log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Invalid multiaddr")
@@ -626,12 +566,6 @@ func (c *Consumer) storeDiscoveryEvent(event types.PeerDiscoveredEvent) {
         return
     }
 
-    if err := c.discoveryWriter.Write(event); err != nil {
-        c.log.Err(err).Msg("Failed to write discovery event to Parquet file")
-    } else {
-        c.log.Trace().Msg("Wrote discovery event to Parquet file")
-    }
-
     if c.chClient != nil && c.chClient.PeerDiscoveredEventChan != nil {
         c.chClient.PeerDiscoveredEventChan <- &event
         c.log.Info().Str("ID", event.ID).Msg("Inserted peer discovered event into ClickHouse channel")
@@ -641,12 +575,6 @@ func (c *Consumer) storeDiscoveryEvent(event types.PeerDiscoveredEvent) {
 }
 
 func (c *Consumer) storeMetadataEvent(event types.MetadataReceivedEvent) {
-    if err := c.metadataWriter.Write(event); err != nil {
-        c.log.Err(err).Msg("Failed to write metadata event to Parquet file")
-    } else {
-        c.log.Trace().Msg("Wrote metadata event to Parquet file")
-    }
-
     if c.chClient != nil {
         c.chClient.MetadataReceivedEventChan <- &event
         c.log.Info().Str("ID", event.ID).Msg("Inserted metadata received event into ClickHouse channel")
@@ -656,11 +584,6 @@ func (c *Consumer) storeMetadataEvent(event types.MetadataReceivedEvent) {
 func (c *Consumer) processIPMetadataEvents() {
     for ipEvent := range c.ipMetadataChan {
         c.log.Info().Msgf("Received IP metadata event for processing: %s", ipEvent.IP)
-        if err := c.ipMetadataWriter.Write(ipEvent); err != nil {
-            c.log.Err(err).Msg("Failed to write IP metadata event to Parquet file")
-            continue
-        }
-        c.log.Trace().Msg("Wrote IP metadata event to Parquet file")
     }
 }