diff --git a/app/models/activity.rb b/app/models/activity.rb
index 3a5f0c5be..0a66fe3cf 100644
--- a/app/models/activity.rb
+++ b/app/models/activity.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class Activity < ApplicationRecord
     breadcrumbs: {}
   )
 
-  after_create ->(activity) { Activities::DispatchWebhooksJob.perform_later(activity) }
+  after_create ->(activity) { Activities::DispatchWebhooksJob.perform_later(activity) },
+               if: -> { Rails.application.config.x.webhooks_enabled }
 
   def self.activity_types_list
     activity_list = type_ofs.map do |key, value|
diff --git a/app/models/webhook.rb b/app/models/webhook.rb
index 2388f0ebc..4fc61105f 100644
--- a/app/models/webhook.rb
+++ b/app/models/webhook.rb
@@ -6,12 +6,19 @@ class Webhook < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :activity_filter
   validates :http_method, presence: true
   validates :url, presence: true
+  validate :enabled?
   validate :valid_url
 
   scope :active, -> { where(active: true) }
 
   private
 
+  def enabled?
+    unless Rails.application.config.x.webhooks_enabled
+      errors.add(:configuration, I18n.t('activerecord.errors.models.webhook.attributes.configuration.disabled'))
+    end
+  end
+
   def valid_url
     unless /\A#{URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.make_regexp(%w(http https))}\z/.match?(url)
       errors.add(:url, I18n.t('activerecord.errors.models.webhook.attributes.url.not_valid'))
diff --git a/app/permissions/organization.rb b/app/permissions/organization.rb
index e702e0347..7a11acb37 100644
--- a/app/permissions/organization.rb
+++ b/app/permissions/organization.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module Organization
     end
 
     can :create_acitivity_filters do
-      true
+      Rails.application.config.x.webhooks_enabled
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 2451162ff..eccd405fa 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ module Scinote
     # Max uploaded file size in MB
     config.x.file_max_size_mb = (ENV['FILE_MAX_SIZE_MB'] || 50).to_i
 
+    config.x.webhooks_enabled = ENV['ENABLE_WEBHOOKS'] == 'true'
+
     # Logging
     config.log_formatter = proc do |severity, datetime, progname, msg|
       "[#{datetime}] #{severity}: #{msg}\n"
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index ddceb65ff..51b91ee5f 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ en:
               per_column_limit: "Too many items in the column"
         webhook:
           attributes:
+            configuration:
+              disabled: 'Webhooks are disabled'
             url:
               not_valid: 'Not valid URL'