diff --git a/openstef/app_settings.py b/openstef/app_settings.py
index f6c9d0b54..2e8c332bb 100644
--- a/openstef/app_settings.py
+++ b/openstef/app_settings.py
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 class AppSettings(BaseSettings):
     """Global app settings."""
 
-    # Logging settings.
-    log_level: str = Field("INFO", description="Log level used for logging statements.")
-
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
         env_prefix="openstef_", env_file=".env", extra="ignore"
     )
+
+    post_teams_messages: bool = True
+
+    # Logging settings.
+    log_level: str = Field("INFO", description="Log level used for logging statements.")
diff --git a/openstef/exceptions.py b/openstef/exceptions.py
index 296701081..9443b6ce6 100644
--- a/openstef/exceptions.py
+++ b/openstef/exceptions.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 """Openstef custom exceptions."""
 
 
-# Define custom exception
+# Define custom exceptions
 class NoPredictedLoadError(Exception):
     """No predicted load for given datatime range."""
 
diff --git a/openstef/monitoring/teams.py b/openstef/monitoring/teams.py
index 36c80a546..d875e9df0 100644
--- a/openstef/monitoring/teams.py
+++ b/openstef/monitoring/teams.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ def post_teams(
     Note:
         This function is namespace-specific.
     """
+    if not Settings.post_teams_messages:
+        return
+
     structlog.configure(
         wrapper_class=structlog.make_filtering_bound_logger(
             logging.getLevelName(Settings.log_level)