diff --git a/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/discussions.mo b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/discussions.mo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75a22cd
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diff --git a/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/discussions.po b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/discussions.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dd56f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/discussions.po
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: \n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2020-04-06 18:55+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2020-04-07 11:53+0200\n"
+"Language-Team: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"X-Generator: Poedit 2.3\n"
+"Last-Translator: \n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+"Language: de\n"
+
+#: discussions.py:53
+#, python-brace-format
+msgid "Replied to \"{title}\""
+msgstr "Antwortete auf „{title}“"
+
+#: discussions.py:56
+#, python-brace-format
+msgid "Created \"{title}\""
+msgstr "Erstellte „{title}“"
+
+#: discussions.py:73
+#, python-brace-format
+msgid ""
+"[{author}](<{url}f/u/{creatorId}>) created [{title}](<{url}f/p/{threadId}>) "
+"in {forumName}"
+msgstr ""
+"[{author}](<{url}f/u/{creatorId}>) erstellte [{title}](<{url}f/p/{threadId}"
+">) in {forumName}"
+
+#: discussions.py:76
+#, python-brace-format
+msgid ""
+"[{author}](<{url}f/u/{creatorId}>) created a [reply](<{url}f/p/{threadId}/r/"
+"{postId}>) to [{title}](<{url}f/p/{threadId}>) in {forumName}"
+msgstr ""
+"[{author}](<{url}f/u/{creatorId}>) erstellte eine [Antwork](<{url}f/p/"
+"{threadId}/r/{postId}>) zu [{title}](<{url}f/p/{threadId}>) in {forumName}"
diff --git a/rcgcdw.py b/rcgcdw.py
index 6222209..0b5b1ea 100644
--- a/rcgcdw.py
+++ b/rcgcdw.py
@@ -1388,26 +1388,32 @@ except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
 	logger.critical("A connection can't be established with the wiki. Exiting...")
 	sys.exit(1)
 time.sleep(3.0)  # this timeout is to prevent timeouts. It seems Fandom does not like our ~2-3 request in under a second
-logger.info("Script started! Fetching newest changes...")
-recent_changes.fetch(amount=settings["limitrefetch"] if settings["limitrefetch"] != -1 else settings["limit"])
+if settings["rc_enabled"]:
+	logger.info("Script started! Fetching newest changes...")
+	recent_changes.fetch(amount=settings["limitrefetch"] if settings["limitrefetch"] != -1 else settings["limit"])
+	schedule.every(settings["cooldown"]).seconds.do(recent_changes.fetch)
+	if settings["overview"]:
+		try:
+			overview_time = time.strptime(settings["overview_time"], '%H:%M')
+			schedule.every().day.at("{}:{}".format(str(overview_time.tm_hour).zfill(2),
+			                                       str(overview_time.tm_min).zfill(2))).do(day_overview)
+			del overview_time
+		except schedule.ScheduleValueError:
+			logger.error("Invalid time format! Currently: {}:{}".format(
+				time.strptime(settings["overview_time"], '%H:%M').tm_hour,
+				time.strptime(settings["overview_time"], '%H:%M').tm_min))
+		except ValueError:
+			logger.error("Invalid time format! Currentely: {}. Note: It needs to be in HH:MM format.".format(
+				settings["overview_time"]))
+	schedule.every().day.at("00:00").do(recent_changes.clear_cache)
+else:
+	logger.info("Script started! RC is disabled however, this means no recent changes will be sent :c")
 
-schedule.every(settings["cooldown"]).seconds.do(recent_changes.fetch)
 if 1 == 2: # additional translation strings in unreachable code
-	# noinspection PyUnreachableCode
 	print(_("director"), _("bot"), _("editor"), _("directors"), _("sysop"), _("bureaucrat"), _("reviewer"),
 	      _("autoreview"), _("autopatrol"), _("wiki_guardian"), ngettext("second", "seconds", 1), ngettext("minute", "minutes", 1), ngettext("hour", "hours", 1), ngettext("day", "days", 1), ngettext("week", "weeks", 1), ngettext("month", "months",1), ngettext("year", "years", 1), ngettext("millennium", "millennia", 1), ngettext("decade", "decades", 1), ngettext("century", "centuries", 1))
+# noinspection PyUnreachableCode
 
-if settings["overview"]:
-	try:
-		overview_time = time.strptime(settings["overview_time"], '%H:%M')
-		schedule.every().day.at("{}:{}".format(str(overview_time.tm_hour).zfill(2),
-	                                       str(overview_time.tm_min).zfill(2))).do(day_overview)
-		del overview_time
-	except schedule.ScheduleValueError:
-		logger.error("Invalid time format! Currently: {}:{}".format(time.strptime(settings["overview_time"], '%H:%M').tm_hour,  time.strptime(settings["overview_time"], '%H:%M').tm_min))
-	except ValueError:
-		logger.error("Invalid time format! Currentely: {}. Note: It needs to be in HH:MM format.".format(settings["overview_time"]))
-schedule.every().day.at("00:00").do(recent_changes.clear_cache)
 
 if TESTING:
 	logger.debug("DEBUGGING ")
diff --git a/settings.json.example b/settings.json.example
index d51921c..70ec4ec 100644
--- a/settings.json.example
+++ b/settings.json.example
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
    "cooldown": 60,
    "wiki_url": "https://wreckit-woodhouse.fandom.com/",
+   "rc_enabled": true,
    "lang": "en",
    "header": {
       "user-agent": "RcGcDw/{version}"