diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index 996c586..7d265c5 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import random
+from os import getenv
 
 import aioredis
 import orjson
+import redis
 
 # Kafka
 from aiokafka import AIOKafkaProducer
-import redis
 
 import util
 
+trues = ("true", "1", "t", True)
+
+MONOLITH_KAFKA_ENABLED = getenv("MONOLITH_KAFKA_ENABLED", "false").lower() in trues
+
 # KAFKA_TOPIC = "msg"
 
 log = util.get_logger("db")
@@ -44,6 +49,9 @@ KEYNAME = "queue"
 
 
 async def store_kafka_batch(data):
+    if not MONOLITH_KAFKA_ENABLED:
+        log.info(f"Not storing Kafka batch of length {len(data)}, Kafka is disabled.")
+        return
     # log.debug(f"Storing Kafka batch of {len(data)} messages")
     producer = AIOKafkaProducer(bootstrap_servers="kafka:9092")
     await producer.start()
diff --git a/processing/process.py b/processing/process.py
index 4082046..2d04015 100644
--- a/processing/process.py
+++ b/processing/process.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor
 # For timestamp processing
 from datetime import datetime
 from math import ceil
+from os import getenv
 
 import orjson
 import regex
@@ -51,6 +52,12 @@ import util
 # 4chan schema
 from schemas.ch4_s import ATTRMAP
 
+trues = ("true", "1", "t", True)
+
+MONOLITH_PROCESS_PERFSTATS = (
+    getenv("MONOLITH_PROCESS_PERFSTATS", "false").lower() in trues
+)
+
 CUSTOM_FILTERS = [
     lambda x: x.lower(),
     strip_tags,  #
@@ -267,17 +274,19 @@ def process_data(data):
         # Add the mutated message to the return buffer
         to_store.append(msg)
         total_time += (time.process_time() - total_start) * 1000
-    log.debug("=====================================")
-    log.debug(f"Sentiment: {sentiment_time}")
-    log.debug(f"Regex: {regex_time}")
-    log.debug(f"Polyglot: {polyglot_time}")
-    log.debug(f"Date: {date_time}")
-    log.debug(f"NLP: {nlp_time}")
-    log.debug(f"Normalise: {normalise_time}")
-    log.debug(f"Hash: {hash_time}")
-    log.debug(f"Normal2: {normal2_time}")
-    log.debug(f"Soup: {soup_time}")
-    log.debug(f"Total: {total_time}")
-    log.debug("=====================================")
+
+    if MONOLITH_PROCESS_PERFSTATS:
+        log.debug("=====================================")
+        log.debug(f"Sentiment: {sentiment_time}")
+        log.debug(f"Regex: {regex_time}")
+        log.debug(f"Polyglot: {polyglot_time}")
+        log.debug(f"Date: {date_time}")
+        log.debug(f"NLP: {nlp_time}")
+        log.debug(f"Normalise: {normalise_time}")
+        log.debug(f"Hash: {hash_time}")
+        log.debug(f"Normal2: {normal2_time}")
+        log.debug(f"Soup: {soup_time}")
+        log.debug(f"Total: {total_time}")
+        log.debug("=====================================")
 
     return to_store