diff --git a/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb
index aa5e2c2a6..97434a0c9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/courses_controller.rb
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class CoursesController < ApplicationController
           format.api { render :action => 'show', :status => :created, :location => url_for(:controller => 'courses', :action => 'show', :id => @course.id) }
         end
       else
-        @course.destroy
+        #@course.destroy
         respond_to do |format|
           format.html { render :action => 'new', :layout => 'base' } #Added by young
           format.api { render_validation_errors(@course) }