diff --git a/config.ini b/config.ini
index bdeb6e10..1bca2dc1 100644
--- a/config.ini
+++ b/config.ini
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ NEWEST_BOOKS = 60
 TITLE_REGEX = ^(A|The|An|Der|Die|Das|Den|Ein|Eine|Einen|Dem|Des|Einem|Eines)\s+
 DEVELOPMENT = 0
 PUBLIC_REG = 0
+UPLOADING = 0
diff --git a/cps/config.py b/cps/config.py
index 254576f4..f3ff809e 100755
--- a/cps/config.py
+++ b/cps/config.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ CheckSection('Advanced')
 TITLE_REGEX = check_setting_str(CFG, 'Advanced', 'TITLE_REGEX', '^(A|The|An|Der|Die|Das|Den|Ein|Eine|Einen|Dem|Des|Einem|Eines)\s+')
 DEVELOPMENT = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'Advanced', 'DEVELOPMENT', 0))
 PUBLIC_REG = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'Advanced', 'PUBLIC_REG', 0))
+UPLOADING = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'Advanced', 'UPLOADING', 0))
 
 SYS_ENCODING="UTF-8"
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ configval["NEWEST_BOOKS"] = NEWEST_BOOKS
 configval["DEVELOPMENT"] = DEVELOPMENT
 configval["TITLE_REGEX"] = TITLE_REGEX
 configval["PUBLIC_REG"] = PUBLIC_REG
+configval["UPLOADING"] = UPLOADING
 
 def save_config(configval):
     new_config = ConfigObj()
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ def save_config(configval):
     new_config['Advanced']['TITLE_REGEX'] = configval["TITLE_REGEX"]
     new_config['Advanced']['DEVELOPMENT'] = int(configval["DEVELOPMENT"])
     new_config['Advanced']['PUBLIC_REG'] = int(configval["PUBLIC_REG"])
+    new_config['Advanced']['UPLOADING'] = int(configval["UPLOADING"])
     new_config.write()
     return "Saved"
 
diff --git a/cps/templates/layout.html b/cps/templates/layout.html
index f47d3ea1..7b10d250 100644
--- a/cps/templates/layout.html
+++ b/cps/templates/layout.html
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
           <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right" id="main-nav">
             {% if g.user.is_authenticated() %}
               {% if g.user.role %}
+              {% if g.allow_upload %}
                   <li>
                     <form id="form-upload" class="navbar-form" action="{{ url_for('upload') }}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                       <div class="form-group">
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
                     </form>
                   </li>
               {% endif %}
+              {% endif %}
               {% if g.user.role %}
                 <li><a href="{{url_for('user_list')}}"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-dashboard"></span> Admin</a></li>
               {% endif %}
diff --git a/cps/web.py b/cps/web.py
index 4b308151..64020d85 100755
--- a/cps/web.py
+++ b/cps/web.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ def before_request():
     g.user = current_user
     g.public_shelfes = ub.session.query(ub.Shelf).filter(ub.Shelf.is_public == 1).all()
     g.allow_registration = config.PUBLIC_REG
+    g.allow_upload = config.UPLOADING
 
 @app.route("/feed")
 def feed_index():
@@ -756,6 +757,8 @@ def edit_book(book_id):
 @login_required
 @admin_required
 def upload():
+    if not config.UPLOADING:
+        abort(404)
     ## create the function for sorting...
     db.session.connection().connection.connection.create_function("title_sort",1,db.title_sort)
     db.session.connection().connection.connection.create_function('uuid4', 0, lambda : str(uuid4()))
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 51eef07a..d1af5db6 100755
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Also available as [Docker image](https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/janeczku/cali
 ## Quick start
 
 1. Open config.ini and set DB_ROOT to the path of the folder where your Calibre library (metadata.db) lives
-3. To enable public user registration set PUBLIC_REG to 1
+2. To enable public user registration set PUBLIC_REG to 1
+3. To enable uploading of PDF books set UPLOADING to 1
 4. Execute the command: `python cps.py`
 5. Point your browser to `http://localhost:8083` or `http://localhost:8083/feed` for the OPDS catalog