diff --git a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
index fa969ce10..39a763d24 100644
--- a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
+++ b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
@@ -353,7 +353,10 @@ public final class BukkitMain extends JavaPlugin implements Listener, IPlotMain<
         }
 
         impromptuPipeline.storeImmediately("*", DBFunc.EVERYONE);
-        this.startUuidCaching(sqLiteUUIDService, cacheUUIDService);
+
+        if (Settings.UUID.BACKGROUND_CACHING_ENABLED) {
+            this.startUuidCaching(sqLiteUUIDService, cacheUUIDService);
+        }
 
         if (Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("PlaceholderAPI") != null) {
             new Placeholders().register();
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
index 80d103882..db22c46be 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ public class Settings extends Config {
         public static boolean LEGACY_DATABASE_SUPPORT = true;
         @Comment("Whether or not PlotSquared should return Unknown if it fails to fulfill a request")
         public static boolean UNKNOWN_AS_DEFAULT = true;
+        @Comment("Whether or not automatic background caching should be enabled. It is HIGHLY recommended to keep this turned on."
+            + " This should only be disabled if the server has a very large number of plots (>100k)")
+        public static boolean BACKGROUND_CACHING_ENABLED = true;
     }