diff --git a/src/runtime/composables/local/useAuth.ts b/src/runtime/composables/local/useAuth.ts
index c122262c..8815551e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/composables/local/useAuth.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/composables/local/useAuth.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { jsonPointerGet, objectFromJsonPointer, useTypedBackendConfig } from '..
 import { _fetch } from '../../utils/fetch'
 import { determineCallbackUrl } from '../../utils/url'
 import { getRequestURLWN } from '../common/getRequestURL'
+import { ERROR_PREFIX } from '../../utils/logger'
 import { formatToken } from './utils/token'
 import { type UseAuthStateReturn, useAuthState } from './useAuthState'
 import { callWithNuxt } from '#app/nuxt'
@@ -163,8 +164,17 @@ async function getSession(getSessionOptions?: GetSessionOptions): Promise<Sessio
 
 async function signUp(credentials: Credentials, signInOptions?: SecondarySignInOptions, signUpOptions?: SignUpOptions) {
   const nuxt = useNuxtApp()
+  const runtimeConfig = useRuntimeConfig()
+  const config = useTypedBackendConfig(runtimeConfig, 'local')
+
+  const signUpEndpoint = config.endpoints.signUp
+
+  if (!signUpEndpoint) {
+    console.warn(`${ERROR_PREFIX} provider.endpoints.signUp is disabled.`)
+    return
+  }
 
-  const { path, method } = useTypedBackendConfig(useRuntimeConfig(), 'local').endpoints.signUp
+  const { path, method } = signUpEndpoint
   await _fetch(nuxt, path, {
     method,
     body: credentials
diff --git a/src/runtime/types.ts b/src/runtime/types.ts
index e94c1707..405ced07 100644
--- a/src/runtime/types.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/types.ts
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ export interface ProviderLocal {
      */
     signOut?: { path?: string, method?: RouterMethod } | false
     /**
-     * What method and path to call to perform the sign-up.
+     * What method and path to call to perform the sign-up. Set to false to disable.
      *
      * @default { path: '/register', method: 'post' }
      */
-    signUp?: { path?: string, method?: RouterMethod }
+    signUp?: { path?: string, method?: RouterMethod } | false
     /**
      * What method and path to call to fetch user / session data from. `nuxt-auth` will send the token received upon sign-in as a header along this request to authenticate.
      *