diff --git a/KfChatDotNetBot/Services/BotServices.cs b/KfChatDotNetBot/Services/BotServices.cs
index 424c531..1537928 100644
--- a/KfChatDotNetBot/Services/BotServices.cs
+++ b/KfChatDotNetBot/Services/BotServices.cs
@@ -390,12 +390,13 @@ public class BotServices
         _logger.Info("Built the almanac shill task");
     }
 
-    private Task BuildDLiveStatusCheck()
+    private async Task BuildDLiveStatusCheck()
     {
+        var enabled = (await SettingsProvider.GetValueAsync(BuiltIn.Keys.DLiveEnabled)).ToBoolean();
+        if (!enabled) return;
         _dliveStatusCheck = new DLive(_chatBot);
         _dliveStatusCheck.StartLiveStatusCheck();
         _logger.Info("Built the DLive livestream status check task");
-        return Task.CompletedTask;
     }
     
     private Task BuildPeerTubeLiveStatusCheck()
diff --git a/KfChatDotNetBot/Settings/BuiltIn.cs b/KfChatDotNetBot/Settings/BuiltIn.cs
index 69dad57..37a50ae 100644
--- a/KfChatDotNetBot/Settings/BuiltIn.cs
+++ b/KfChatDotNetBot/Settings/BuiltIn.cs
@@ -586,6 +586,9 @@ public static class BuiltIn
         public static string WinnaBmjUsername = "Winna.BmjUsername";
         [BuiltInSetting("Array of cookies as a shitty hack to get Winna going", SettingValueType.Array, "[]")]
         public static string WinnaCookies = "Winna.Cookies";
+        [BuiltInSetting("Whether the DLive livestream check is enabled", SettingValueType.Boolean, "false",
+            BooleanRegex)]
+        public static string DLiveEnabled = "DLive.Enabled";
     }
 }