diff --git a/src/planscape/analytics/services.py b/src/planscape/analytics/services.py
index b4275fe05..77dacc1cd 100644
--- a/src/planscape/analytics/services.py
+++ b/src/planscape/analytics/services.py
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 from typing import AnyStr
+
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 
 from analytics.tasks import async_collect_metric
 
 
 def collect_metric(event_name: AnyStr, **kwargs) -> None:
+    if not settings.ANALYTICS_ENABLED:
+        return
+    
     event_params = {
         "timestamp": now(),
         **kwargs
     }
+    if settings.ANALYTICS_DEBUG_MODE:
+        event_params.update({"debug_mode": True})
+        
     async_collect_metric.delay(event_name, event_params)
diff --git a/src/planscape/planscape/settings.py b/src/planscape/planscape/settings.py
index 1283d2df4..2e2ebabf3 100644
--- a/src/planscape/planscape/settings.py
+++ b/src/planscape/planscape/settings.py
@@ -452,6 +452,8 @@
 GDAL_CACHE_MAX = config("GDAL_CACHE_MAX", "15%")
 
 # Analytics
+ANALYTICS_ENABLED = config("ANALYTICS_ENABLED", default=False)
+ANALYTICS_DEBUG_MODE = config("ANALYTICS_DEBUG_MODE", default=False)
 FIREBASE_APP_ID = config("FIREBASE_APP_ID", default=None)
 FIREBASE_APP_INSTANCE_ID = config("FIREBASE_APP_INSTANCE_ID", default=None)
 FIREBASE_API_SECRET = config("FIREBASE_API_SECRET", default=None)