diff --git a/fieldpoc/config.py b/fieldpoc/config.py
index b2107eb..0506122 100644
--- a/fieldpoc/config.py
+++ b/fieldpoc/config.py
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 class ConfigBase:
+    _DEFAULTS = {}
+
     def __init__(self, c):
         self._c = c
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
+            # check if key is in config
             if name in self._c.keys():
                 return self._c.get(name)
+            # check if key is in default config
+            elif name in self._DEFAULTS.keys():
+                return self._DEFAULTS.get(name)
             else:
                 raise AttributeError()
 
@@ -20,6 +26,10 @@ class DatabaseConfig(ConfigBase):
 
 
 class DectConfig(ConfigBase):
+    _DEFAULTS = {
+        "enabled": True,
+    }
+
     def __init__(self, c):
         self._c = c
 
@@ -30,7 +40,9 @@ class ExtensionsConfig(ConfigBase):
     pass
 
 class YateConfig(ConfigBase):
-    pass
+    _DEFAULTS = {
+        "enabled": True,
+    }
 
 
 class Config:
diff --git a/fieldpoc/fieldpoc.py b/fieldpoc/fieldpoc.py
index 44ad259..62a82b3 100644
--- a/fieldpoc/fieldpoc.py
+++ b/fieldpoc/fieldpoc.py
@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ class FieldPOC:
         logger.info("initialising threads")
         self.threads = {
             "controller": threading.Thread(target=self._controller.run),
-            "dect": threading.Thread(target=self._dect.run),
+            "dect": threading.Thread(target=self._dect.run) if self.config.dect.enabled == True else None,
             "routing": threading.Thread(target=self._routing.run),
-            "ywsd": threading.Thread(target=self._ywsd.run, daemon=True),
+            "ywsd": threading.Thread(target=self._ywsd.run, daemon=True) if self.config.yate.enabled == True else None,
         }
 
         # Set thread names
         for name, thread in self.threads.items():
+            if thread is None:
+                continue
             thread.name = name
 
     def queue_all(self, msg):
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ class FieldPOC:
         logger.info("starting threads")
 
         for name, thread in self.threads.items():
+            if thread is None:
+                continue
             thread.start()
 
         logger.info("started threads")
diff --git a/fieldpoc_config.json b/fieldpoc_config.json
index 1ee0f2e..82e0840 100644
--- a/fieldpoc_config.json
+++ b/fieldpoc_config.json
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
     "port": 9437
   },
   "dect": {
+    "enabled": false,
     "host": "10.222.222.11",
     "username": "omm",
     "password": "xxx",
     "sipsecret": "51df84aace052b0e75b8c1da5a6da9e2"
   },
   "yate": {
+    "enabled": false,
     "host": "127.0.0.1",
     "port": 5039
   },