diff --git a/config/laravelApiKey.php b/config/laravelApiKey.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b79ec69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/laravelApiKey.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+    'enable_admin_events' => true,
+    'enable_access_events' => true,
+
+    // The number of characters for the generation of the Api Key
+    'api_key_length' => 64,
+];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index d18ef8a..04cc4c1 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ In your `config/app.php` file, add the Laravel API Key service provider to the e
 ],
 ```
 
-Publish the migration files
+Publish the migration & config files
 
     $ php artisan vendor:publish
 
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ Run the migrations
 * api_key_access_events
 * api_key_admin_events
 
+And config file config/laravelApiKey.php
+```php
+[
+    // if true the admin data will be saved in the database
+    'enable_admin_events'
+    // if true all data request will be saved in the database
+    'enable_access_events'
+    // The number of characters for the generation of the Api Key
+    'api_key_length'  
+],
+```
+
 ## Managing Keys
 
 Generate a new key using `php artisan apikey:generate {name}`.  The name argument is the name of your API key.  All new keys are active by default.
diff --git a/src/Http/Middleware/AuthorizeApiKey.php b/src/Http/Middleware/AuthorizeApiKey.php
index f428183..b739f0a 100644
--- a/src/Http/Middleware/AuthorizeApiKey.php
+++ b/src/Http/Middleware/AuthorizeApiKey.php
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
         $apiKey = ApiKey::getByKey($header);
 
         if ($apiKey instanceof ApiKey) {
-            $this->logAccessEvent($request, $apiKey);
+            if (config('laravelApiKey.enable_access_events') === true){
+                $this->logAccessEvent($request, $apiKey);
+            }
             return $next($request);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Models/ApiKey.php b/src/Models/ApiKey.php
index 3558251..8d894c5 100644
--- a/src/Models/ApiKey.php
+++ b/src/Models/ApiKey.php
@@ -47,25 +47,29 @@ public static function boot()
         parent::boot();
 
         static::created(function(ApiKey $apiKey) {
-            self::logApiKeyAdminEvent($apiKey, self::EVENT_NAME_CREATED);
+            if (config('laravelApiKey.enable_admin_events') === true){
+                self::logApiKeyAdminEvent($apiKey, self::EVENT_NAME_CREATED);
+            }
         });
 
         static::updated(function($apiKey) {
 
             $changed = $apiKey->getDirty();
-
-            if (isset($changed) && $changed['active'] === 1) {
-                self::logApiKeyAdminEvent($apiKey, self::EVENT_NAME_ACTIVATED);
-            }
-
-            if (isset($changed) && $changed['active'] === 0) {
-                self::logApiKeyAdminEvent($apiKey, self::EVENT_NAME_DEACTIVATED);
+            if (config('laravelApiKey.enable_admin_events') === true) {
+                if (isset($changed) && $changed['active'] === 1) {
+                    self::logApiKeyAdminEvent($apiKey, self::EVENT_NAME_ACTIVATED);
+                }
+
+                if (isset($changed) && $changed['active'] === 0) {
+                    self::logApiKeyAdminEvent($apiKey, self::EVENT_NAME_DEACTIVATED);
+                }
             }
-
         });
 
         static::deleted(function($apiKey) {
-            self::logApiKeyAdminEvent($apiKey, self::EVENT_NAME_DELETED);
+            if (config('laravelApiKey.enable_admin_events') === true) {
+                self::logApiKeyAdminEvent($apiKey, self::EVENT_NAME_DELETED);
+            }
         });
     }
 
@@ -76,8 +80,9 @@ public static function boot()
      */
     public static function generate()
     {
+        $length = config('laravelApiKey.api_key_length', 64);
         do {
-            $key = Str::random(64);
+            $key = Str::random($length);
         } while (self::keyExists($key));
 
         return $key;
diff --git a/src/Providers/ApiKeyServiceProvider.php b/src/Providers/ApiKeyServiceProvider.php
index 09e25a9..8f09a3e 100644
--- a/src/Providers/ApiKeyServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Providers/ApiKeyServiceProvider.php
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ public function boot(Router $router)
     {
         $this->registerMiddleware($router);
         $this->registerMigrations(__DIR__ . '/../../database/migrations');
+        $this->publishes([
+            __DIR__.'/../../config/laravelApiKey.php' => config_path('laravelApiKey.php'),
+        ], 'apikey-config');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -38,6 +41,10 @@ public function register() {
             GenerateApiKey::class,
             ListApiKeys::class,
         ]);
+
+        $this->mergeConfigFrom(
+            __DIR__.'/../../config/laravelApiKey.php', 'laravelApiKey'
+        );
     }
 
     /**