diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse.Servers.GameServer/Controllers/Matching/MatchController.cs b/ProjectLighthouse.Servers.GameServer/Controllers/Matching/MatchController.cs
index 4059d37a..627cf21e 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse.Servers.GameServer/Controllers/Matching/MatchController.cs
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse.Servers.GameServer/Controllers/Matching/MatchController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #nullable enable
 using System.Text.Json;
+using LBPUnion.ProjectLighthouse.Configuration;
 using LBPUnion.ProjectLighthouse.Database;
 using LBPUnion.ProjectLighthouse.Extensions;
 using LBPUnion.ProjectLighthouse.Helpers;
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ public class MatchController : ControllerBase
         UserEntity? user = await this.database.UserFromGameToken(token);
         if (user == null) return this.Forbid();
 
+        // Do not allow matchmaking if it has been disabled
+        if (!ServerConfiguration.Instance.Matchmaking.MatchmakingEnabled) return this.Forbid();
+
         #region Parse match data
 
         // Example POST /match: [UpdateMyPlayerData,["Player":"FireGamer9872"]]
diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ConfigurationCategories/MatchmakingConfiguration.cs b/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ConfigurationCategories/MatchmakingConfiguration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e9debac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ConfigurationCategories/MatchmakingConfiguration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace LBPUnion.ProjectLighthouse.Configuration.ConfigurationCategories;
+
+public class MatchmakingConfiguration
+{
+    public bool MatchmakingEnabled { get; set; } = true;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs b/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
index d51d4ca2..7258804e 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class ServerConfiguration : ConfigurationBase<ServerConfiguration>
     // This is so Lighthouse can properly identify outdated configurations and update them with newer settings accordingly.
     // If you are modifying anything here, this value MUST be incremented.
     // Thanks for listening~
-    public override int ConfigVersion { get; set; } = 24;
+    public override int ConfigVersion { get; set; } = 25;
 
     public override string ConfigName { get; set; } = "lighthouse.yml";
     public string WebsiteListenUrl { get; set; } = "http://localhost:10060";
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class ServerConfiguration : ConfigurationBase<ServerConfiguration>
     public AuthenticationConfiguration Authentication { get; set; } = new();
     public CaptchaConfiguration Captcha { get; set; } = new();
     public DigestKeyConfiguration DigestKey { get; set; } = new();
+    public MatchmakingConfiguration Matchmaking { get; set; } = new();
     public GoogleAnalyticsConfiguration GoogleAnalytics { get; set; } = new();
     public MailConfiguration Mail { get; set; } = new();
     public UserGeneratedContentLimitConfiguration UserGeneratedContentLimits { get; set; } = new();