diff --git a/create-image.sh b/create-image.sh
index 2659b24..95cdae5 100755
--- a/create-image.sh
+++ b/create-image.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ appliance-creator \
     --config "${KICKSTARTER_FILENAME}" \
     --name "${APPLIANCE_NAME}" \
     --format raw \
-    --checksum \
     --no-compress \
     --outdir "${PWD}" \
     --cache "/root/cache" \
@@ -21,6 +20,10 @@ appliance-creator \
     --verbose \
     1> Rocky-9-aarch64-minimal.stdout.log \
     2> Rocky-9-aarch64-minimal.stderr.log
+    #--checksum
+    # DO NOT USE THE '--checksum' OPTION BECAUSE, FOR SOME REASON
+    # UTF8 ERRORS ARE GENERATED DURING IMAGE CREATION
+    # AND THE IMAGE CREATION STEP FAILS
 
 if [[ -f "${APPLIANCE_NAME}-sda.raw" ]]; then
     set -x