diff --git a/ATxCommon/SystemChecks.cs b/ATxCommon/SystemChecks.cs
index 591c83dcbfdc48e27251709b3dd4010374d7a897..c22b9c1f4b006370e9511069c46161ba5c0fb923 100644
--- a/ATxCommon/SystemChecks.cs
+++ b/ATxCommon/SystemChecks.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ namespace ATxCommon
         /// <returns>CPU usage in percent or -1 if an error occured.</returns>
         public static int GetCpuUsage() {
             // TODO: fix bug #36
+            return 0;
             try {
                 Log.Trace("Querying WMI for CPU load...");
                 var watch = Stopwatch.StartNew();