diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions.ts b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions.ts
index 5518c396..6079c383 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/ModActions.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/ModActions.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const ConfigSchema = t.type({
   ban_message: tNullable(t.string),
   alert_on_rejoin: t.boolean,
   alert_channel: tNullable(t.string),
+  warn_notify_enabled: t.boolean,
   warn_notify_threshold: t.number,
   warn_notify_message: t.string,
   ban_delete_message_days: t.number,
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ export class ModActionsPlugin extends ZeppelinPlugin<TConfigSchema> {
         ban_message: "You have been banned from the {guildName} server. Reason given: {reason}",
         alert_on_rejoin: false,
         alert_channel: null,
+        warn_notify_enabled: false,
         warn_notify_threshold: 5,
         warn_notify_message:
           "The user already has **{priorWarnings}** warnings!\n Please check their prior cases and assess whether or not to warn anyways.\n Proceed with the warning?",
@@ -690,7 +692,7 @@ export class ModActionsPlugin extends ZeppelinPlugin<TConfigSchema> {
 
     const casesPlugin = this.getPlugin<CasesPlugin>("cases");
     const priorWarnAmount = await casesPlugin.getCaseTypeAmountForUserId(memberToWarn.id, CaseTypes.Warn);
-    if (priorWarnAmount >= config.warn_notify_threshold) {
+    if (config.warn_notify_enabled && priorWarnAmount >= config.warn_notify_threshold) {
       const tooManyWarningsMsg = await msg.channel.createMessage(
         config.warn_notify_message.replace("{priorWarnings}", `${priorWarnAmount}`),
       );