diff --git a/src/main/java/net/voxelarc/allaychat/AllayChatPlugin.java b/src/main/java/net/voxelarc/allaychat/AllayChatPlugin.java
index a5903bd..e6edab9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/voxelarc/allaychat/AllayChatPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/voxelarc/allaychat/AllayChatPlugin.java
@@ -111,26 +111,28 @@ public void onEnable() {
 
         new Metrics(this, 25964);
 
-        (updateChecker = new UpdateChecker(this)).checkUpdates();
-        this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new Listener() {
-            @EventHandler
-            public void onJoin(PlayerJoinEvent event) {
-                if (updateChecker.isUpToDate()) return;
-                Player player = event.getPlayer();
-                if (!player.hasPermission("allaychat.updatecheck")) return;
-
-                ChatUtils.sendMessage(player, ChatUtils.format(
-                        "<#34ebd8>Allay <gray>| <white>An update was found!"
-                ));
-                ChatUtils.sendMessage(player, ChatUtils.format(
-                        "<#34ebd8>Allay <gray>| <white>Update message:"
-                ));
-                ChatUtils.sendMessage(player, ChatUtils.format(
-                        "<#34ebd8>Allay <gray>| <#3eeb7f><message>",
-                        Placeholder.parsed("message", updateChecker.getUpdateMessage())
-                ));
-            }
-        }, this);
+        if (this.config.getBoolean("settings.update-check", true)) {
+            (updateChecker = new UpdateChecker(this)).checkUpdates();
+            this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new Listener() {
+                @EventHandler
+                public void onJoin(PlayerJoinEvent event) {
+                    if (updateChecker.isUpToDate()) return;
+                    Player player = event.getPlayer();
+                    if (!player.hasPermission("allaychat.updatecheck")) return;
+
+                    ChatUtils.sendMessage(player, ChatUtils.format(
+                            "<#34ebd8>Allay <gray>| <white>An update was found!"
+                    ));
+                    ChatUtils.sendMessage(player, ChatUtils.format(
+                            "<#34ebd8>Allay <gray>| <white>Update message:"
+                    ));
+                    ChatUtils.sendMessage(player, ChatUtils.format(
+                            "<#34ebd8>Allay <gray>| <#3eeb7f><message>",
+                            Placeholder.parsed("message", updateChecker.getUpdateMessage())
+                    ));
+                }
+            }, this);
+        }
 
         new PapiHook(this).register();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 1da509c..c0925d9 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+settings:
+  update-check: true
+
 database:
   type: sqlite # Database type (mysql (works on mariadb as well), sqlite)
 
@@ -15,4 +18,4 @@ database:
   max-lifetime: 30000
   idle-timeout: 10000
   pool-size: 20
-  min-idle: 5
\ No newline at end of file
+  min-idle: 5