diff --git a/backend/src/api/routes/users.ts b/backend/src/api/routes/users.ts
index a36f849ad..aab22a75b 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/routes/users.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/routes/users.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ router.get(
 
 router.post(
   "/signup",
+  validateConfiguration({
+    criteria: (configuration) => {
+      return configuration.users.signUp;
+    },
+    invalidMessage: "Sign up is temporarily disabled",
+  }),
   authenticateRequest(),
   RateLimit.userSignup,
   validateRequest({
diff --git a/backend/src/constants/base-configuration.ts b/backend/src/constants/base-configuration.ts
index 1ddde95eb..bf660a05e 100644
--- a/backend/src/constants/base-configuration.ts
+++ b/backend/src/constants/base-configuration.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const BASE_CONFIGURATION: MonkeyTypes.Configuration = {
     apeKeySaltRounds: 5,
   },
   users: {
+    signUp: false,
     discordIntegration: {
       enabled: false,
     },
@@ -213,6 +214,10 @@ export const CONFIGURATION_FORM_SCHEMA: ObjectSchema = {
       type: "object",
       label: "Users",
       fields: {
+        signUp: {
+          type: "boolean",
+          label: "Enabled",
+        },
         xp: {
           type: "object",
           label: "XP",
diff --git a/backend/src/types/types.d.ts b/backend/src/types/types.d.ts
index ae557dc3f..87ef94b90 100644
--- a/backend/src/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/backend/src/types/types.d.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ declare namespace MonkeyTypes {
       };
     };
     users: {
+      signUp: boolean;
       autoBan: {
         enabled: boolean;
         maxCount: number;