diff --git a/options.json b/options.json
index 2158201..d3aca0c 100644
--- a/options.json
+++ b/options.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
         }
     },
     "api": {
+        "load": false,
         "http": {
             "port": 5000
         },
diff --git a/src/middleware/BaseClient.js b/src/middleware/BaseClient.js
index 1005df3..5fa8c6c 100644
--- a/src/middleware/BaseClient.js
+++ b/src/middleware/BaseClient.js
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ class BaseClient extends EventEmitter {
             process.exit(); // Prevent a boot loop when shards die due to an error in the client
         });
 
-        const API = await import('/Documents/My programs/GBot/api/index.js')
-            .catch(() => this.logger.warn(`Error importing API files, continuing without`));
+        this.logger.status('Shards spawned');
+
+        const API = this._options.api.load ? await import('/Documents/My programs/GBot/api/index.js')
+            .catch(() => this.logger.warn(`Error importing API files, continuing without`)) : null;
         // const API = await import('./api/index.js').catch(() => this.logger.warn(`Error importing API files, continuing without`));
         if (API) {
             this.logger.info('Booting up API');