diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa4dad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Define the line ending behavior of the different file extensions
+# Set default behavior, in case users don't have core.autocrlf set.
+* text text=auto eol=lf
+
+.php diff=php
+
+# Declare files that will always have CRLF line endings on checkout.
+*.bat eol=crlf
+
+# Declare files that will always have LF line endings on checkout.
+*.pem eol=lf
+
+# Denote all files that are truly binary and should not be modified.
+*.png binary
+*.jpg binary
+*.gif binary
+*.ico binary
+*.mo binary
+*.pdf binary
+*.phar binary
+*.woff binary
+*.woff2 binary
+*.ttf binary
+*.otf binary
+*.eot binary
+
+# Remove files for archives generated using `git archive`
+.github export-ignore
+.phive export-ignore
+contrib export-ignore
+tests/test_app export-ignore
+tests/TestCase export-ignore
+
+.editorconfig export-ignore
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.gitignore export-ignore
+.mailmap export-ignore
+.stickler.yml export-ignore
+Makefile export-ignore
+phpcs.xml export-ignore
+phpstan.neon.dist export-ignore
+phpstan-baseline.neon export-ignore
+phpunit.xml.dist export-ignore
+psalm.xml export-ignore
+psalm-baseline.xml export-ignore
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4f70c9..dffbf0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ Set up the QueueMonitor configuration in your `config/app_local.php`:
 ```php
 // ...
     'QueueMonitor' => [
+        // With this setting you can enable or disable the queue monitoring without
+        // restarting the workers, the queue monitoring is enabled by default
+        'disable' => false,
+
         // mailer config, the default is `default` mailer, you can ommit
         // this setting if you use default value
         'mailerConfig' => 'myCustomMailer',
diff --git a/src/Listener/QueueMonitorListener.php b/src/Listener/QueueMonitorListener.php
index 3c5dbf9..bd7d1a5 100644
--- a/src/Listener/QueueMonitorListener.php
+++ b/src/Listener/QueueMonitorListener.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 namespace CakeDC\QueueMonitor\Listener;
 
+use Cake\Core\Configure;
 use Cake\Event\EventInterface;
 use Cake\Event\EventListenerInterface;
 use Cake\I18n\FrozenTime;
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ public function implementedEvents(): array
      */
     public function handleException(EventInterface $event, ?Message $message, ?Throwable $exception = null): void
     {
+        if ($this->isDisabled()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         try {
             $message = $this->validateQueueMessage($message);
 
@@ -104,6 +109,10 @@ public function handleException(EventInterface $event, ?Message $message, ?Throw
      */
     public function handleMessageEvent(EventInterface $event, ?Message $message): void
     {
+        if ($this->isDisabled()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         try {
             $message = $this->validateQueueMessage($message);
 
@@ -123,6 +132,10 @@ public function handleMessageEvent(EventInterface $event, ?Message $message): vo
      */
     public function handleSeen(EventInterface $event, ?QueueMessage $queueMessage): void
     {
+        if ($this->isDisabled()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         try {
             $queueMessage = $this->validateInteropQueueMessage($queueMessage);
             $messageBody = json_decode($queueMessage->getBody(), true);
@@ -213,4 +226,12 @@ public function validateInteropQueueMessage(?QueueMessage $queueMessage): QueueM
 
         return $queueMessage;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if queue monitoring is disabled by configuration
+     */
+    private function isDisabled(): bool
+    {
+        return (bool)Configure::read('QueueMonitor.disabled', false);
+    }
 }