diff --git a/src/aihawk_job_manager.py b/src/aihawk_job_manager.py
index 5361b58b..ef0d87ae 100644
--- a/src/aihawk_job_manager.py
+++ b/src/aihawk_job_manager.py
@@ -235,6 +235,59 @@ def apply_jobs(self):
         for job in job_list:
 
             logger.debug(f"Starting applicant for job: {job.title} at {job.company}")
+            #TODO fix apply threshold
+            """
+                # Initialize applicants_count as None
+                applicants_count = None
+
+                # Iterate over each job insight element to find the one containing the word "applicant"
+                for element in job_insight_elements:
+                    logger.debug(f"Checking element text: {element.text}")
+                    if "applicant" in element.text.lower():
+                        # Found an element containing "applicant"
+                        applicants_text = element.text.strip()
+                        logger.debug(f"Applicants text found: {applicants_text}")
+
+                        # Extract numeric digits from the text (e.g., "70 applicants" -> "70")
+                        applicants_count = ''.join(filter(str.isdigit, applicants_text))
+                        logger.debug(f"Extracted applicants count: {applicants_count}")
+
+                        if applicants_count:
+                            if "over" in applicants_text.lower():
+                                applicants_count = int(applicants_count) + 1  # Handle "over X applicants"
+                                logger.debug(f"Applicants count adjusted for 'over': {applicants_count}")
+                            else:
+                                applicants_count = int(applicants_count)  # Convert the extracted number to an integer
+                        break
+
+                # Check if applicants_count is valid (not None) before performing comparisons
+                if applicants_count is not None:
+                    # Perform the threshold check for applicants count
+                    if applicants_count < self.min_applicants or applicants_count > self.max_applicants:
+                        logger.debug(f"Skipping {job.title} at {job.company}, applicants count: {applicants_count}")
+                        self.write_to_file(job, "skipped_due_to_applicants")
+                        continue  # Skip this job if applicants count is outside the threshold
+                    else:
+                        logger.debug(f"Applicants count {applicants_count} is within the threshold")
+                else:
+                    # If no applicants count was found, log a warning but continue the process
+                    logger.warning(
+                        f"Applicants count not found for {job.title} at {job.company}, continuing with application.")
+            except NoSuchElementException:
+                # Log a warning if the job insight elements are not found, but do not stop the job application process
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Applicants count elements not found for {job.title} at {job.company}, continuing with application.")
+            except ValueError as e:
+                # Handle errors when parsing the applicants count
+                logger.error(f"Error parsing applicants count for {job.title} at {job.company}: {e}")
+            except Exception as e:
+                # Catch any other exceptions to ensure the process continues
+                logger.error(
+                    f"Unexpected error during applicants count processing for {job.title} at {job.company}: {e}")
+
+            # Continue with the job application process regardless of the applicants count check
+            """
+        
 
             if self.is_blacklisted(job.title, job.company, job.link):
                 logger.debug(f"Job blacklisted: {job.title} at {job.company}")