diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index d52aedf..61125c7 100755
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ SDXL_REFINER_ID = "stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-refiner-1.0"
 USE_REFINER = False  # Set to True to enable refiner (requires more VRAM)
 
 # IP-Adapter FaceID settings
+ENABLE_IP_ADAPTER = False  # Set to True to enable face-locked generation
 IP_ADAPTER_DIR = Path(os.getenv("DREAMTAIL_IP_ADAPTER", MODELS_DIR / "ip-adapter"))
 IP_ADAPTER_PATH = IP_ADAPTER_DIR / "ip-adapter-faceid_sdxl.bin"
 FACE_REFERENCE_DIR = STORAGE_DIR / "faces"  # Directory for face reference images
diff --git a/worker/generator.py b/worker/generator.py
index 2fc3a0c..4d42fa6 100755
--- a/worker/generator.py
+++ b/worker/generator.py
@@ -244,7 +244,10 @@ class SDXLGenerator:
         logger.info(f"Parameters: {width}x{height}, steps={num_inference_steps}, guidance={guidance_scale}")
         
         # Check if face-locked generation requested
-        use_face_id = face_image is not None
+        use_face_id = face_image is not None and config.ENABLE_IP_ADAPTER
+        
+        if face_image is not None and not config.ENABLE_IP_ADAPTER:
+            logger.info("IP-Adapter disabled in config, generating without face lock")
         
         if use_face_id:
             # Initialize IP-Adapter if needed