diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/util/BarcodeUtil.js b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/util/BarcodeUtil.js
index 79bdc05acec1c163439b20d5d1b96355be237ea3..48f205f4ff3e26b5bcdf3f45992313f3486cf299 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/util/BarcodeUtil.js
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/util/BarcodeUtil.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var BarcodeUtil = new function() {
         const hints = new Map();
         const formats = [ZXing.BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE, ZXing.BarcodeFormat.CODE_128  /*, ...*/];
         hints.set(ZXing.DecodeHintType.POSSIBLE_FORMATS, formats);
-        const codeReader = new ZXing.BrowserMultiFormatReader(hints);
+        codeReader = new ZXing.BrowserMultiFormatReader(hints);
                 codeReader.listVideoInputDevices().then((videoInputDevices) => {
                     const sourceSelect = document.getElementById('sourceSelect');
                     selectedDeviceId = videoInputDevices[0].deviceId;
@@ -98,33 +98,34 @@ var BarcodeUtil = new function() {
         });
     }
 
-    this.readBarcodeFromFile = function() {
-                var $input = $("<input>", { type : "file", accept : "image/*" });
-                $input.click();
-                $input.change(function(event) {
-                            const hints = new Map();
-                            const formats = [ZXing.BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE, ZXing.BarcodeFormat.CODE_128  /*, ...*/];
-                            hints.set(ZXing.DecodeHintType.POSSIBLE_FORMATS, formats);
-                            const codeReader = new ZXing.BrowserMultiFormatReader(hints);
-//                            const codeReader = new ZXing.BrowserMultiFormatReader();
-                            const fileReader = new FileReader();
-                            fileReader.readAsArrayBuffer(event.target.files[0]);
-                            fileReader.onloadend = (evt) => {
-                                if (evt.target.readyState === FileReader.DONE) {
-                                    var img = null;
-                                        img = Images.decodeArrayBuffer(evt.target.result, function(event) {
-                                            img.videoWidth = 0; // Bugfix so ZXing decodes the image instead throwing an exception
-                                            var result = codeReader.decode(img);
-                                            if(result && result.text) {
-                                                BarcodeUtil.readSample(result.text);
-                                            } else {
-                                                Util.showError("Failed to read barcode");
-                                            }
-                                        });
-                                }
-                            }
-                })
-    };
+// TODO Support read barcodes from files
+//    this.readBarcodeFromFile = function() {
+//                var $input = $("<input>", { type : "file", accept : "image/*" });
+//                $input.click();
+//                $input.change(function(event) {
+//                            const hints = new Map();
+//                            const formats = [ZXing.BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE, ZXing.BarcodeFormat.CODE_128  /*, ...*/];
+//                            hints.set(ZXing.DecodeHintType.POSSIBLE_FORMATS, formats);
+//                            const codeReader = new ZXing.BrowserMultiFormatReader(hints);
+////                            const codeReader = new ZXing.BrowserMultiFormatReader();
+//                            const fileReader = new FileReader();
+//                            fileReader.readAsArrayBuffer(event.target.files[0]);
+//                            fileReader.onloadend = (evt) => {
+//                                if (evt.target.readyState === FileReader.DONE) {
+//                                    var img = null;
+//                                        img = Images.decodeArrayBuffer(evt.target.result, function(event) {
+//                                            img.videoWidth = 0; // Bugfix so ZXing decodes the image instead throwing an exception
+//                                            var result = codeReader.decode(img);
+//                                            if(result && result.text) {
+//                                                BarcodeUtil.readSample(result.text);
+//                                            } else {
+//                                                Util.showError("Failed to read barcode");
+//                                            }
+//                                        });
+//                                }
+//                            }
+//                })
+//    };
 
     this.readSample = function(barcodeReaderInput) {
         barcodeReader = barcodeReaderInput;