diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 33727ca..058370e 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ listenAddressSingleHTTPFrontend: 0.0.0.0:1337
 # Choose from INFO (default), WARN and DEBUG
 logLevel: "INFO"
 
+# Checking for updates https://docs.olivetin.app/update-checks.html
+checkForUpdates: false
+
 # Actions are commands that are executed by OliveTin, and normally show up as
 # buttons on the WebUI.
 #
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 19d52f2..9a33000 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	config.ListenAddressPrometheus = "localhost:1341"
 	config.ExternalRestAddress = "."
 	config.LogLevel = "INFO"
-	config.CheckForUpdates = true
+	config.CheckForUpdates = false
 	config.DefaultPermissions.Exec = true
 	config.DefaultPermissions.View = true
 	config.DefaultPermissions.Logs = true
diff --git a/internal/updatecheck/updateCheck.go b/internal/updatecheck/updateCheck.go
index 5bbd468..6073a11 100644
--- a/internal/updatecheck/updateCheck.go
+++ b/internal/updatecheck/updateCheck.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type versionMapType struct {
 func StartUpdateChecker(cfg *config.Config) {
 	if !cfg.CheckForUpdates {
 		installationinfo.Runtime.AvailableVersion = "none"
-		log.Warn("Update checking is disabled")
+		log.Infof("Update checking is disabled")
 		return
 	}