diff --git a/src/cmds/message-filter/index.ts b/src/cmds/message-filter/index.ts
index d7f4cf4..3bebd14 100644
--- a/src/cmds/message-filter/index.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/message-filter/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ const collections = guilds.view<FilterCollection>(
 );
 const exemptions = guilds.view<Array<MessageFilterExemption>>('messageFilter.exemptions', raw => raw.map(deserializeExemption));
 
+function isEnabled(guildId: Snowflake) {
+  return guilds.get(guildId, 'messageFilter.enabled', v => v, true);
+}
+
 function buildEmbed (message: string, color?: ColorResolvable): EmbedBuilder {
   const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
     .setTitle('Message Filter')
@@ -57,6 +61,10 @@ async function filter (client: Client, message: Message | PartialMessage): Promi
     return;
   }
 
+  if (!isEnabled(message.guildId)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const filterCollection = collections.get(message.guildId);
   if (filterCollection === null || filterCollection.forbidden.length === 0) {
     return;
@@ -297,6 +305,26 @@ export default {
   command: new ComplexCommand(
     'message-filter',
     {
+      async state (client: Client, interaction: ChatInputCommandInteraction<'cached'>) {
+        const currentState = isEnabled(interaction.guildId);
+
+        if (currentState) {
+          await interaction.reply({ embeds: [buildEmbed('Message filtering is currently enabled for this server!')] });
+        } else {
+          await interaction.reply({ embeds: [buildEmbed('Message filtering is currently disabled for this server!')] });
+        }
+      },
+      async toggle (client: Client, interaction: ChatInputCommandInteraction<'cached'>) {
+        const currentState = isEnabled(interaction.guildId);
+        const newState = !currentState;
+        guilds.set(interaction.guildId, 'messageFilter.enabled', newState);
+
+        if (newState) {
+          await interaction.reply({ embeds: [buildEmbed('Message filtering is now enabled for this server!')] });
+        } else {
+          await interaction.reply({ embeds: [buildEmbed('Message filtering is now disabled for this server!')] });
+        }
+      },
       forbidden: buildFilterManagement('forbidden'),
       allowed: buildFilterManagement('allowed'),
       exemptions: {
diff --git a/src/deploy.ts b/src/deploy.ts
index 704c9a8..059ca70 100644
--- a/src/deploy.ts
+++ b/src/deploy.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,16 @@ const cmds: ApplicationCommandDataResolvable[] = [
     defaultMemberPermissions: PermissionFlagsBits.ManageMessages,
     description: 'Manage message filters for this server',
     options: [
+      {
+        type: ApplicationCommandOptionType.Subcommand,
+        name: 'state',
+        description: 'Check the state of message filtering for current server',
+      },
+      {
+        type: ApplicationCommandOptionType.Subcommand,
+        name: 'toggle',
+        description: 'En- or disable message filtering for current server',
+      },
       {
         type: ApplicationCommandOptionType.SubcommandGroup,
         name: 'forbidden',