diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index a3a34fe3..278691da 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module.exports = {
         "@typescript-eslint/class-name-casing": "off",
         "@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions": "error",
         "@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-definitions": "error",
-        "@typescript-eslint/dot-notation": "error",
+        "@typescript-eslint/dot-notation": "off", // this should be "error" but the fix silently breaks code almost 100% of the time. not worth the headaches
         "@typescript-eslint/explicit-member-accessibility": [
             "off",
             {