diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8f19326..cdad9b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.9.2] - 2024-10-28
+
+- feat: stop storing the message in the datastore
+
 ## [1.9.1] - 2024-09-04
 
 - chore: apply linter suggestions
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 8121344..e617c62 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03e5087..effb96b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "ard-eventhub",
-	"version": "1.9.1",
+	"version": "1.9.2",
 	"description": "ARD system to distribute real-time (live) metadata for primarily radio broadcasts.",
 	"main": "./src/ingest/index.js",
 	"engines": {
@@ -28,25 +28,25 @@
 	"license": "EUPL-1.2",
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@google-cloud/datastore": "^9.1.0",
-		"@google-cloud/pubsub": "^4.7.0",
+		"@google-cloud/pubsub": "^4.8.0",
 		"@google-cloud/secret-manager": "^5.6.0",
-		"@swrlab/utils": "^2.0.1-beta",
+		"@swrlab/utils": "^2.0.2",
 		"compression": "^1.7.4",
-		"dd-trace": "^5.22.0",
-		"express": "^4.19.2",
+		"dd-trace": "^5.24.0",
+		"express": "^4.21.1",
 		"express-openapi-validator": "^5.3.4",
-		"firebase-admin": "^12.4.0",
+		"firebase-admin": "^12.7.0",
 		"google-auth-library": "^9.14.1",
 		"jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
 		"luxon": "^3.5.0",
 		"slug": "^9.1.0",
 		"swagger-ui-express": "^5.0.1",
 		"ulid": "^2.3.0",
-		"winston": "^3.14.2"
+		"winston": "^3.15.0"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@biomejs/biome": "^1.8.3",
-		"@swrlab/style-guide": "^1.0.1",
+		"@swrlab/style-guide": "^1.0.2",
 		"chai": "^4.5.0",
 		"chai-http": "^4.4.0",
 		"docsify-cli": "^4.4.4",
diff --git a/src/ingest/events/post.js b/src/ingest/events/post.js
index 9a2836f..b052385 100644
--- a/src/ingest/events/post.js
+++ b/src/ingest/events/post.js
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 // load node utils
 const { DateTime } = require('luxon')
+const ULID = require('ulid')
 
 // load eventhub utils
-const datastore = require('../../utils/datastore')
 const { createNewTopic, processServices } = require('../../utils/events')
 const logger = require('../../utils/logger')
 const pubsub = require('../../utils/pubsub')
@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ module.exports = async (req, res) => {
 			message.services.map((service) => processServices(service, req))
 		)
 
-		// save message to datastore
-		const savedMessage = await datastore.save(message, 'events')
-		message.id = savedMessage.id.toString()
+		// generate unique Id from the institution id and a random ULID
+		message.id = `${req.user.institutionId}-${ULID.ulid()}`
 
 		// collect unknown topics from returning errors
 		const newServices = []