diff --git a/lib/config___settings.php b/lib/config___settings.php
index 601a60d..6aebb4a 100644
--- a/lib/config___settings.php
+++ b/lib/config___settings.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $ICEcoderSettings = array(
 	"devMode"		=> false,
 	"loginRequired"		=> true,
 	"multiUser"		=> false,
-	"lineEnding"		=> "\n"
+	"lineEnding"		=> "\n",
+	"enableRegistration"	=> true
 );
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/login.php b/lib/login.php
index 55a3c2e..7dcdcf3 100644
--- a/lib/login.php
+++ b/lib/login.php
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ echo $ICEcoder["password"] == "" && !$ICEcoder["multiUser"] ? "Setup" : "Login";
 <?php if ($ICEcoder["multiUser"]) {echo '		<input type="text" name="username" class="password"><br><br>'.PHP_EOL;};?>
 		<input type="password" name="password" class="password"><br><br>
 		<input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php if ($ICEcoder["multiUser"]) {echo "set password / login";} else {echo $ICEcoder["password"] == "" ? "set password" : "login";}; ?>" class="button">
+		<?php
+			if($ICEcoder["multiUser"] && $ICEcoderSettings["enableRegistration"]){
+				echo '<div class="text"><a href="javascript:alert(\'To disable registration mode, open lib/config___settings.php and change enableRegistration to false then reload this page\')">Registration mode enabled</a></div>';
+			}
+		?>
 		<?php
 		if ($ICEcoder["password"] == "" || $ICEcoder["multiUser"]) {
 			echo '<div class="text"><input type="checkbox" name="checkUpdates" value="true" checked> auto-check for updates</div>';
diff --git a/lib/settings.php b/lib/settings.php
index 3458932..ac08951 100644
--- a/lib/settings.php
+++ b/lib/settings.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ $settingsFile = 'config-'.$username.str_replace(".","_",str_replace("www.","",$_
 $setPWorLogin = "login";
 
 // Create user settings file if it doesn't exist
-if (!file_exists(dirname(__FILE__)."/".$settingsFile)) {
+if (!file_exists(dirname(__FILE__)."/".$settingsFile) && $ICEcoderSettings['enableRegistration']) {
 	if (!copy(dirname(__FILE__)."/".$configUsersTemplate, dirname(__FILE__)."/".$settingsFile)) {
 		die("Couldn't create $settingsFile. Maybe you need write permissions on the lib folder?");
 	}