diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c2cff6b..9fd92a6 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ The constructors takes the following parameters:
  - verify_ssl: A boolean that defines if the SSL certificates are validated or not
  - buffer_size: An int, Once this size is reached on the internal buffer results are flushed into ES
  - flush_frequency_in_sec: A float representing how often and when the buffer will be flushed
- - es_index_name: A string with the prefix of the elasticsearch index that will be created. Note a date with
+ - es_index_name: A string with the prefix of the elasticsearch index that will be created if index_name_frequency not in DISABLED state. Note a date with
    YYYY.MM.dd, ``python_logger`` used by default
  - index_name_frequency: The frequency to use as part of the index naming. Currently supports
    CMRESHandler.IndexNameFrequency.DAILY, CMRESHandler.IndexNameFrequency.WEEKLY,
-   CMRESHandler.IndexNameFrequency.MONTHLY, CMRESHandler.IndexNameFrequency.YEARLY by default the daily rotation
+   CMRESHandler.IndexNameFrequency.MONTHLY, CMRESHandler.IndexNameFrequency.YEARLY, IndexNameFrequency.DISABLED by default the daily rotation
    is used
  - es_doc_type: A string with the name of the document type that will be used ``python_log`` used by default
  - es_additional_fields: A dictionary with all the additional fields that you would like to add to the logs
diff --git a/cmreslogging/handlers.py b/cmreslogging/handlers.py
index 52e250a..811dd99 100644
--- a/cmreslogging/handlers.py
+++ b/cmreslogging/handlers.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class IndexNameFrequency(Enum):
         WEEKLY = 1
         MONTHLY = 2
         YEARLY = 3
+        DISABLED = 10
 
     # Defaults for the class
     __DEFAULT_ELASTICSEARCH_HOST = [{'host': 'localhost', 'port': 9200}]
@@ -115,11 +116,20 @@ def _get_yearly_index_name(es_index_name):
         """
         return "{0!s}-{1!s}".format(es_index_name, datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y'))
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_disabled_index_name(es_index_name):
+        """ Returns elasticearch index name
+        :param: index_name the prefix to be used in the index
+        :return: A srting containing the elasticsearch indexname used which does not include the date.
+        """
+        return es_index_name
+
     _INDEX_FREQUENCY_FUNCION_DICT = {
         IndexNameFrequency.DAILY: _get_daily_index_name,
         IndexNameFrequency.WEEKLY: _get_weekly_index_name,
         IndexNameFrequency.MONTHLY: _get_monthly_index_name,
-        IndexNameFrequency.YEARLY: _get_yearly_index_name
+        IndexNameFrequency.YEARLY: _get_yearly_index_name,
+        IndexNameFrequency.DISABLED: _get_disabled_index_name
     }
 
     def __init__(self,
@@ -160,12 +170,13 @@ def __init__(self,
         :param buffer_size: An int, Once this size is reached on the internal buffer results are flushed into ES
         :param flush_frequency_in_sec: A float representing how often and when the buffer will be flushed, even
                     if the buffer_size has not been reached yet
-        :param es_index_name: A string with the prefix of the elasticsearch index that will be created. Note a
-                    date with YYYY.MM.dd, ```python_logger``` used by default
-        :param index_name_frequency: Defines what the date used in the postfix of the name would be. available values
-                    are selected from the IndexNameFrequency class (IndexNameFrequency.DAILY,
-                    IndexNameFrequency.WEEKLY, IndexNameFrequency.MONTHLY, IndexNameFrequency.YEARLY). By default
-                    it uses daily indices.
+        :param es_index_name: A string with the prefix of the elasticsearch index that will be created if
+                    index_name_frequency not in DISABLED state. Note a date with YYYY.MM.dd, ```python_logger```
+                    used by default
+        :param index_name_frequency: Defines what the date used in the postfix of the name would be (if not DISABLED).
+                    Available values are selected from the IndexNameFrequency class (IndexNameFrequency.DAILY,
+                    IndexNameFrequency.WEEKLY, IndexNameFrequency.MONTHLY, IndexNameFrequency.YEARLY,
+                    IndexNameFrequency.DISABLED). By default it uses daily indices.
         :param es_doc_type: A string with the name of the document type that will be used ```python_log``` used
                     by default
         :param es_additional_fields: A dictionary with all the additional fields that you would like to add
diff --git a/tests/test_cmreshandler.py b/tests/test_cmreshandler.py
index d07dfdd..a13e161 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmreshandler.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmreshandler.py
@@ -169,6 +169,17 @@ def test_index_name_frequency_functions(self):
             CMRESHandler._get_yearly_index_name(index_name)
         )
 
+        handler = CMRESHandler(hosts=[{'host': self.getESHost(), 'port': self.getESPort()}],
+                               auth_type=CMRESHandler.AuthType.NO_AUTH,
+                               es_index_name=index_name,
+                               use_ssl=False,
+                               index_name_frequency=CMRESHandler.IndexNameFrequency.DISABLED,
+                               raise_on_indexing_exceptions=True)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            handler._index_name_func.__func__(index_name),
+            CMRESHandler._get_disabled_index_name(index_name)
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()