diff --git a/container/engine/dbUpdates/dbUpdate_2.15.sh b/container/engine/dbUpdates/dbUpdate_2.15.sh
index 25ff4adc..e5cb759e 100755
--- a/container/engine/dbUpdates/dbUpdate_2.15.sh
+++ b/container/engine/dbUpdates/dbUpdate_2.15.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ if [ ! $? = 0 ]; then
 
         ## BEGIN UPDATE ##
         # add column
+	sql "ALTER TABLE settings ADD COLUMN thunderstore_local_sync TINYINT;"
         sql "ALTER TABLE settings ADD COLUMN thunderstore_chunk_size INT;"
 
         # insert default setting
+	sql "UPDATE settings SET thunderstore_local_sync='1';"
         sql "UPDATE settings SET thunderstore_chunk_size='1000';"
 
         # exit
diff --git a/container/engine/tools/tsSyncLocalParseMultithreaded.sh b/container/engine/tools/tsSyncLocalParseMultithreaded.sh
index 9aa3b204..6648f9fe 100755
--- a/container/engine/tools/tsSyncLocalParseMultithreaded.sh
+++ b/container/engine/tools/tsSyncLocalParseMultithreaded.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 source /opt/stateless/engine/includes/phvalheim-static.conf
+syncEnabled=$(sql "SELECT thunderstore_local_sync FROM settings;")
 chunkSize=$(sql "SELECT thunderstore_chunk_size FROM settings;")
 
+if [ ! $syncEnabled = 1 ]; then
+        exit
+fi
+
 /opt/stateless/engine/tools/sql "UPDATE systemstats SET tsSyncLocalLastExecStatus='running';"
 /opt/stateless/engine/tools/sql "UPDATE systemstats SET tsSyncLocalLastRun=NOW();"