diff --git a/Documentation/source/configuration.rst b/Documentation/source/configuration.rst
index eca5ba4..09289ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/Documentation/source/configuration.rst
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 Configuration
 =============
 
+Installation wide configuration is handled inside of the extension manager. Just check out the
+options there, they all have labels.
+
 The extension offers the following configuration options through TypoScript. If you overwrite them
 through `setup` make sure to keep them in the `module` area as they will be accessed from backend
-mode of TYPO3. Do so by placing the following line at the end::
+mode of TYPO3 for indexing. Do so by placing the following line at the end::
 
     module.tx_searchcore < plugin.tx_searchcore
 
diff --git a/Documentation/source/installation.rst b/Documentation/source/installation.rst
index ddfb065..5bb0c56 100644
--- a/Documentation/source/installation.rst
+++ b/Documentation/source/installation.rst
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ In that case you need to install all dependencies yourself. Dependencies are:
 Afterwards you need to enable the extension through the extension manager and include the static
 TypoScript setup.
 
+If you **don't** want to use the included elasticsearch integration, you have to disable it in the
+extension manager configuration of the extension by checking the checkbox.
+It's currently enabled by default but will be moved into its own extension in the future.
+
 .. _downloading: https://github.com/DanielSiepmann/search_core/archive/master.zip
diff --git a/ext_conf_template.txt b/ext_conf_template.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ddadb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext_conf_template.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+disable {
+    # cat=basic/enable; type=boolean; label=Disable Elasticsearch, which is enabled by default
+    elasticsearch = true
+}
diff --git a/ext_localconf.php b/ext_localconf.php
index c52d05d..a713d0b 100644
--- a/ext_localconf.php
+++ b/ext_localconf.php
@@ -37,11 +37,18 @@ call_user_func(
             ]
         );
 
-        \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance('TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Object\Container\Container')
-            ->registerImplementation(
-                'Codappix\SearchCore\Connection\ConnectionInterface',
-                'Codappix\SearchCore\Connection\Elasticsearch'
-            );
+        // API does make use of object manager, therefore use GLOBALS
+        $extensionConfiguration = unserialize($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXT']['extConf'][$extensionKey]);
+        if ($extensionConfiguration === false
+            || !isset($extensionConfiguration['disable.']['elasticsearch'])
+            || $extensionConfiguration['disable.']['elasticsearch'] !== '1'
+        ) {
+            \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance(\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Object\Container\Container::class)
+                ->registerImplementation(
+                    \Codappix\SearchCore\Connection\ConnectionInterface::class,
+                    \Codappix\SearchCore\Connection\Elasticsearch::class
+                );
+        }
     },
     $_EXTKEY
 );