diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7b7e719..9fe21d5 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -457,30 +457,31 @@ xmpp.on("stanza", (stanza) => {
 		const bodyData = getFirstURL(body);
 		// get product id from "x" tag
 		var evt = events[product_id.pil.substring(0, 3)];
-
-		// Log the full event object to a file named "productid-timestamp-channelname.json"
-		const nowDate = new Date();
-		const year = nowDate.getFullYear();
-		const month = String(nowDate.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0');
-		const day = String(nowDate.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
-		const logDir = path.join(__dirname, "event-logs", year.toString(), month, day);
-		if (!fs.existsSync(logDir)) {
-			fs.mkdirSync(logDir, { recursive: true });
-		}
-		const logFilename = `${product_id_raw}-${product_id.timestamp.toISOString()}-${fromChannel}.json`.replace(/[:]/g, "_");
-		const logPath = path.join(logDir, logFilename);
-		const getCircularReplacer = () => {
-			const seen = new WeakSet();
-			return (key, value) => {
-				if (typeof value === "object" && value !== null) {
-					if (seen.has(value)) {
-						return "WARN: CIRC";
+		if (process.env.LOG_EVENTS === "true") {
+			// Log the full event object to a file named "productid-timestamp-channelname.json"
+			const nowDate = new Date();
+			const year = nowDate.getFullYear();
+			const month = String(nowDate.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0');
+			const day = String(nowDate.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
+			const logDir = path.join(__dirname, "event-logs", year.toString(), month, day);
+			if (!fs.existsSync(logDir)) {
+				fs.mkdirSync(logDir, { recursive: true });
+			}
+			const logFilename = `${product_id_raw}-${product_id.timestamp.toISOString()}-${fromChannel}.json`.replace(/[:]/g, "_");
+			const logPath = path.join(logDir, logFilename);
+			const getCircularReplacer = () => {
+				const seen = new WeakSet();
+				return (key, value) => {
+					if (typeof value === "object" && value !== null) {
+						if (seen.has(value)) {
+							return "WARN: CIRC";
+						}
+						seen.add(value);
 					}
-					seen.add(value);
-				}
-				return value;
+					return value;
+				};
 			};
-		};
+		}
 
 		if (!evt) {
 			evt = { name: "Unknown", priority: 3 }