diff --git a/packages/athena/routes/signature_collection_apis.js b/packages/athena/routes/signature_collection_apis.js
index cd2d4790..0312fbe1 100644
--- a/packages/athena/routes/signature_collection_apis.js
+++ b/packages/athena/routes/signature_collection_apis.js
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------
 // Signature Collection API Routes
 //------------------------------------------------------------
+// import { getSigCollectionsMock } from '../../mockServices/mockResponses';
+const mocks = require('../../mockServices/mockResponses/signatureCollection');
+
 module.exports = (logger, ev, t) => {
 	const app = t.express.Router();
 
@@ -32,24 +35,27 @@ module.exports = (logger, ev, t) => {
 	});
 
 	function getSigCollections(req, res) {
-		if (t.ot_misc.is_v2plus_route(req)) {
-			req._validate_path = '/ak/api/' + t.validate.pick_ver(req) + '/signature_collections';
-			logger.debug('[pre-flight] setting validate route:', req._validate_path);
-		}
+		console.log('request received');
+		console.log('getSigCollectionsMock', mocks.getSigCollectionsMock);
+		return res.status(200).json(mocks.getSigCollectionsMock);
+		// if (t.ot_misc.is_v2plus_route(req)) {
+		// 	req._validate_path = '/ak/api/' + t.validate.pick_ver(req) + '/signature_collections';
+		// 	logger.debug('[pre-flight] setting validate route:', req._validate_path);
+		// }
 
-		t.validate.request(req, res, t.validate.query_filter_orderers, () => {
-			t.signature_collection_lib.getSignatureCollections(req, (err, ret) => {
-				if (err) {
-					return res.status(t.ot_misc.get_code(err)).json(err);
-				} else {
-					let code = 200;
-					if (t.signature_collection_lib.group_query_param_is_set(req)) {
-						code = 210;				// the group by channels param uses a different response format, identified by the 210 code
-					}
-					return res.status(code).json(ret);
-				}
-			});
-		});
+		// t.validate.request(req, res, t.validate.query_filter_orderers, () => {
+		// 	t.signature_collection_lib.getSignatureCollections(req, (err, ret) => {
+		// 		if (err) {
+		// 			return res.status(t.ot_misc.get_code(err)).json(err);
+		// 		} else {
+		// 			let code = 200;
+		// 			if (t.signature_collection_lib.group_query_param_is_set(req)) {
+		// 				code = 210;				// the group by channels param uses a different response format, identified by the 210 code
+		// 			}
+		// 			return res.status(code).json(ret);
+		// 		}
+		// 	});
+		// });
 	}
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------