diff --git a/firestore.rules b/firestore.rules
index 560a40b..e229ea8 100644
--- a/firestore.rules
+++ b/firestore.rules
@@ -1,165 +1 @@
-// Copyright 2020 Google LLC
-
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-rules_version = '2';
-service cloud.firestore {
-	function notUpdating(field) {
-    return !(field in request.resource.data)
-          || resource.data[field] == request.resource.data[field];
-  }
-  
-  function checkUserFieldsValid() {
-  	return ('displayName' in request.resource.data &&
-      'email' in request.resource.data &&
-      'following' in request.resource.data &&
-      'picUrl' in request.resource.data &&
-      'recipes' in request.resource.data &&
-      'shoppingList' in request.resource.data &&
-      'time' in request.resource.data &&
-      'uid' in request.resource.data &&
-      'username' in request.resource.data &&
-      'wishlist' in request.resource.data) &&
-      request.resource.data.displayName is string &&
-      request.resource.data.username is string &&
-      request.resource.data.email is string &&
-      request.resource.data.uid is string &&
-      request.resource.data.displayName.size() < 50 &&
-      request.resource.data.username.size() < 20 &&
-      request.resource.data.username.size() > 2 &&
-      request.resource.data.email.size() < 254 &&
-      request.resource.data.email.size() > 0 &&
-      request.resource.data.username.lower() == request.resource.data.username;
-  }
-
-  function isAValidRecipe() {
-    return 'recipeName' in request.resource.data &&
-    'uploaderUid' in request.resource.data &&
-    'difficulty' in request.resource.data &&
-    'description' in request.resource.data &&
-    'ingredients' in request.resource.data &&
-    'tools' in request.resource.data &&
-    'images' in request.resource.data &&
-    'instructions' in request.resource.data &&
-    'extraInfo' in request.resource.data &&
-    'timestamp' in request.resource.data &&
-    'ratings' in request.resource.data &&
-    'tags' in request.resource.data &&
-    'baseRecipeId' in request.resource.data &&
-    'baseUploaderUid' in request.resource.data &&
-    'averageRating' in request.resource.data &&
-    request.resource.data.recipeName is string &&
-    request.resource.data.uploaderUid is string &&
-    request.resource.data.difficulty is string &&
-    request.resource.data.description is string &&
-    request.resource.data.extraInfo is string &&
-    request.resource.data.difficulty is string &&
-    request.resource.data.baseUploaderUid is string &&
-    (request.resource.data.averageRating is float || 
-    request.resource.data.averageRating is int) && 
-    request.resource.data.recipeName.size() > 0 &&
-    request.resource.data.recipeName.size() < 200 &&
-    request.resource.data.description.size() > 0 &&
-    request.resource.data.description.size() < 200 &&
-    request.resource.data.ingredients.size() > 0 &&
-    request.resource.data.tools.size() > 0 &&
-    request.resource.data.instructions.size() > 0 &&
-    request.resource.data.averageRating <= 5 &&
-    request.resource.data.averageRating >= 0 &&
-    request.resource.data.difficulty in ["Beginner", "Intermediate", "Advanced", "Professional"];
-  }
-
-  function editOnlyChangesFields(allowedFields) {
-    let affectedKeys = request.resource.data.diff(resource.data).affectedKeys();
-    return affectedKeys.hasOnly(allowedFields);
-  }
-  
-  match /databases/{database}/documents {
-  	match /{document=**} {
-    	allow read: if false;
-      allow write: if false;
-    }
-
-
-    match /recipes/{recipe} {
-      allow read: if true;
-    }
-
-    match /recipes/{recipe} {
-      allow create: if request.auth.uid != null &&
-        request.resource.data.uploaderUid == request.auth.uid &&
-        isAValidRecipe();
-
-      allow update: if request.auth.uid != null && 
-        editOnlyChangesFields(["ratings"]); 
-
-      allow delete: if false;
-    }
-
-
-    // A read rule can be divided into get and list rules
-    match /users/{user} {
-      // Applies to single document read requests
-      allow read: if true;
-    }
-
-    // A write rule can be divided into create, update, and delete rules
-    match /users/{user} {
-      // Applies to writes to nonexistent documents
-      allow create: if !(exists(/databases/$(database)/documents/usernames/$(request.resource.data.username))) &&
-                    request.auth != null &&
-                    request.auth.uid != null &&
-                    request.auth.uid == request.resource.data.uid &&
-                    checkUserFieldsValid();
-                    
-      // Applies to writes to existing documents
-      allow update: if user == request.auth.uid &&
-                    request.auth.uid == request.resource.data.uid &&
-                    notUpdating('username') && notUpdating('uid') &&
-                    (!('time' in request.resource.data)
-                    || resource.data.time == request.resource.data.time)
-                    && checkUserFieldsValid();
-
-      // Applies to delete operations
-      allow delete: if request.auth != null &&
-                      user == request.auth.uid &&
-                      request.auth.uid == resource.data.uid;
-    }
-
-  // A write rule can be divided into create, update, and delete rules
-    match /usernames/{username} {
-      allow get: if true;
-
-      allow list: if false;
-      // Applies to writes to nonexistent documents
-      allow create: if request.auth != null &&             
-                    request.auth.uid != null &&
-                    request.auth.uid == request.resource.data.uid &&
-                    exists(/databases/$(database)/documents/users/$(request.resource.data.uid)) &&
-                    (username == get(/databases/$(database)/documents/users/$(request.resource.data.uid))
-                      .data.username) &&
-                    !(exists(/databases/$(database)/documents/usernames/$(username))) &&
-                    request.resource.data.username.lower() == request.resource.data.username &&
-                    request.resource.data.username.size() < 20 &&
-                    request.resource.data.username.size() > 2;
-                    
-                    
-      // Applies to writes to existing documents
-      allow update: if false;
-
-      // Applies to delete operations
-      allow delete: if request.auth != null &&
-                  request.auth.uid == resource.data.uid;
-  	}
-  }
-}
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+// ALL FIRESTORE RULES ARE INTENTIONALLY DELETED