diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 0728bb0..feb4c3b 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from flask_wtf.csrf import CSRFProtect
 import math
 import nh3
+import vidzyconfig
 
 inproduction = False
 productionpath = os.path.expanduser('~/mysite')
@@ -792,6 +793,10 @@ def upload_file():
     if not "username" in session:
         return "<script>window.location.href='/login';</script>"
 
+    if "ALLOW_UPLOADS" in vidzyconfig.config:
+        if vidzyconfig.config["ALLOW_UPLOADS"] == False:
+            return "This instance does not allow uploading videos"
+
     if request.method == 'POST':
         # check if the post request has the file part
         if 'file' not in request.files:
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 5e6fad6..17c6ec5 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@
 
 MINIFY_HTML = os.environ.get("MINIFY_HTML")
 HOST = os.environ.get("HOST")
+
+ALLOW_UPLOADS = os.environ.get("ALLOW_UPLOADS")
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diff --git a/templates/admin_panel.html b/templates/admin_panel.html
index 8bcd350..9b58637 100644
--- a/templates/admin_panel.html
+++ b/templates/admin_panel.html
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ <h3>Shorts (last 50)</h3>
 new Chart(document.getElementById("videosChart"), {
     type: 'bar',
     data: {
-      //labels: ["2024-08-16", "2024-08-17", "2024-08-18", "2024-08-19", "2024-08-20"],
       labels: [{% for key, value in videos_on_date_uploaded.items() %}"{{key}}",{% endfor %}],
       datasets: [
         {
@@ -189,53 +188,6 @@ <h3>Shorts (last 50)</h3>
       }
     }
 });
-
-/*
-// Line chart
-new Chart(document.getElementById("videosChart"), {
-  type: 'line',
-  data: {
-    labels: ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun"],
-    datasets: [{
-        data: [1,2,4],
-        label: "Alberta",
-        borderColor: "#3e95cd",
-        fill: false
-      }, {
-        data: [1,2,5],
-        label: "BC",
-        borderColor: "#8e5ea2",
-        fill: false
-      }, {
-        data: [1,2,8],
-        label: "Manitoba",
-        borderColor: "#3cba9f",
-        fill: false
-      }, {
-        data: [1,2,10],
-        label: "New Brunswick",
-        borderColor: "#e8c3b9",
-        fill: false
-      }, {
-        data: [1,2,16],
-        label: "NL",
-        borderColor: "#c45850",
-        fill: false
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  options: {
-    title: {
-      display: true,
-      text: 'Positive Cases of COVID in provinces of Canada'
-    },
-    hover: {
-     mode: 'index',
-     intersect: true
-    },
-  }
-});
-*/
 </script>
 
 </body>
diff --git a/vidzyconfig.py b/vidzyconfig.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54609a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vidzyconfig.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+config = {
+    "ALLOW_UPLOADS": True
+}
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