diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index e41edaee9a6446c9ce31d6616e5d85c243c9f3e7..2c42c39065917f9a2ebf56a892347408ce13d473 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Using a configuration file gives you very granular configuration options. For in
 
 ```javascript
 module.exports = {
-  labels: ['defaults'],
+  labels: ['upgrade'],
   depTypes: ['dependencies', 'devDependencies'],
   repositories: [
     {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'package.json',
         {
           fileName: 'frontend/package.json',
-          labels: ['frontend']
+          labels: ['upgrade', 'frontend']
         },
       ],
     },
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Obviously, you can't set repository or package file location with this method.
 | Option | Description | Default value | File | Environment | CLI |
 |---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
 | Token | GitHub Personal Access Token |  | `token` | `GITHUB_TOKEN` | `--token` |
+| Enabled | Enable/Disable renovate for this repo or file | true | `enabled` | | |
 | Repositories | List of Repositories |  | `repositories` | `RENOVATE_REPOS` | Space-delimited arguments |
 | Package Files | Package file location(s) | `[]` | `repository.packageFiles` | `RENOVATE_PACKAGE_FILES` | `--package-files` |
 | Dependency Types | Sections of package.json to renovate | `dependencies`, `devDependencies`, `optionalDependencies` | `depTypes` | `RENOVATE_DEP_TYPES` | `--dep-types` |
diff --git a/lib/config/default.js b/lib/config/default.js
index 0681749e5f0c853afd2fd6b61f92018407d02487..91ac5d98668e61707dcd0672f595e15cee011b60 100644
--- a/lib/config/default.js
+++ b/lib/config/default.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = {
+  enabled: true,
   packageFiles: [], // Autodiscover
   depTypes: ['dependencies', 'devDependencies', 'optionalDependencies'],
   ignoreDeps: [],
diff --git a/lib/worker.js b/lib/worker.js
index a6f58bee8e81bb1666d4425b403d645cf1c8edc7..391f9443493c98949b2520098560ce2f935d1f2b 100644
--- a/lib/worker.js
+++ b/lib/worker.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function renovate(repoName, packageFile, setConfig) {
   // Start the chain
   return github.getFileJson(packageFile)
     .then(checkforRenovateConfig)
+    .then(checkIfEnabled)
     .then(contents => packageJson.extractDependencies(contents, config.depTypes))
     .then(filterIgnoredDependencies)
     .then(findUpgrades)
@@ -30,7 +31,9 @@ function renovate(repoName, packageFile, setConfig) {
       logger.info(`${repoName} ${packageFile} done`);
     })
     .catch((error) => {
-      logger.error(`renovate caught error: ${error}`);
+      if (error !== 'renovate disabled') {
+        logger.error(`renovate caught error: ${error}`);
+      }
     });
 }
 
@@ -43,6 +46,15 @@ function checkforRenovateConfig(packageContent) {
   return packageContent;
 }
 
+// Rejects promise if config.enabled = false
+function checkIfEnabled(packageContent) {
+  if (!config.enabled) {
+    logger.info('Config is disabled. Skipping');
+    return Promise.reject('renovate disabled');
+  }
+  return packageContent;
+}
+
 // Remove any dependencies that are on the ignore list
 function filterIgnoredDependencies(dependencies) {
   return dependencies.filter(dependency => config.ignoreDeps.indexOf(dependency.depName) === -1);