diff --git a/ApiReference.php b/ApiReference.php
index 6559037..79dabd5 100644
--- a/ApiReference.php
+++ b/ApiReference.php
@@ -43,4 +43,16 @@ public function getClientSideTranslationKeys(&$translationKeys): void
         $translationKeys[] = 'ApiReference_UserAuthenticationManageTokens';
         $translationKeys[] = 'ApiReference_UserAuthenticationUsingTokenAuth';
     }
+
+    public function install()
+    {
+        $config = new Configuration();
+        $config->install();
+    }
+
+    public function uninstall()
+    {
+        $config = new Configuration();
+        $config->uninstall();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Configuration.php b/Configuration.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c94f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Configuration.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Matomo - free/libre analytics platform
+ *
+ * @link    https://matomo.org
+ * @license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace Piwik\Plugins\ApiReference;
+
+use Piwik\Config;
+
+class Configuration
+{
+    public const DEFAULT_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION = 1;
+    public const KEY_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION = 'enable_spec_generation_task';
+
+    public function install()
+    {
+        $config = $this->getConfig();
+
+        $apiReferenceConfig = $config->ApiReference;
+        if (empty($apiReferenceConfig)) {
+            $apiReferenceConfig = array();
+        }
+
+        // we make sure to set a value only if none has been configured yet, eg in common config.
+        if (!array_key_exists(self::KEY_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION, $apiReferenceConfig)) {
+            $apiReferenceConfig[self::KEY_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION] = self::DEFAULT_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION;
+        }
+
+        $config->ApiReference = $apiReferenceConfig;
+        $config->forceSave();
+    }
+
+    public function uninstall()
+    {
+        $config = $this->getConfig();
+        $config->ApiReference = array();
+        $config->forceSave();
+    }
+
+
+    public function specGenerationEnabled()
+    {
+        $value = $this->getConfigValue(self::KEY_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION, self::DEFAULT_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION);
+
+        if ($value === false || $value === '' || $value === null) {
+            $value = self::DEFAULT_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION;
+        }
+
+        return (bool) $value;
+    }
+
+    private function getConfigValue($name, $default)
+    {
+        $config = $this->getConfig();
+        $attribution = $config->ApiReference;
+        if (isset($attribution[$name])) {
+            return $attribution[$name];
+        }
+        return $default;
+    }
+
+    private function getConfig()
+    {
+        return Config::getInstance();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tasks.php b/Tasks.php
index b4e1a6d..199c159 100644
--- a/Tasks.php
+++ b/Tasks.php
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 namespace Piwik\Plugins\ApiReference;
 
-use Piwik\Config;
 use Piwik\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use Piwik\Plugins\ApiReference\Generation\PluginListProvider;
 use Piwik\Plugins\ApiReference\Generation\SpecGenerationService;
@@ -32,15 +31,21 @@ class Tasks extends \Piwik\Plugin\Tasks
      * @var PluginListProvider
      */
     private $pluginListProvider;
+    /**
+     * @var Configuration
+     */
+    private $config;
 
     public function __construct(
         SpecGenerationService $specGenerationService,
         LoggerInterface $logger,
-        ?PluginListProvider $pluginListProvider = null
+        ?PluginListProvider $pluginListProvider = null,
+        ?Configuration $config = null
     ) {
         $this->specGenerationService = $specGenerationService;
         $this->logger = $logger;
         $this->pluginListProvider = $pluginListProvider ?? new PluginListProvider();
+        $this->config = $config ?? new Configuration();
     }
 
     public function schedule()
@@ -77,6 +82,6 @@ public function generateConfiguredPluginSpecs(): void
 
     private function isSpecGenerationEnabled(): bool
     {
-        return (bool) (Config::getInstance()->ApiReference['enable_spec_generation_task'] ?? 0);
+        return $this->config->specGenerationEnabled();
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ConfigurationTest.php b/tests/Unit/ConfigurationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a99add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Matomo - free/libre analytics platform
+ *
+ * @link    https://matomo.org
+ * @license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Piwik\Plugins\ApiReference\tests\Unit;
+
+require_once PIWIK_INCLUDE_PATH . '/plugins/ApiReference/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Piwik\Config;
+use Piwik\Plugins\ApiReference\Configuration;
+
+/**
+ * @group ApiReference
+ * @group ApiReference_Unit
+ * @group ApiReference_ConfigurationTest
+ */
+class ConfigurationTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var mixed
+     */
+    private $originalConfig;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->originalConfig = Config::getInstance()->ApiReference ?? null;
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        Config::getInstance()->ApiReference = $this->originalConfig;
+
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    public function testInstallSetsDefaultWhenConfigKeyIsMissing(): void
+    {
+        Config::getInstance()->ApiReference = [];
+
+        $configuration = new Configuration();
+        $configuration->install();
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            Configuration::DEFAULT_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION,
+            Config::getInstance()->ApiReference[Configuration::KEY_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION]
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testInstallPreservesExplicitDisabledValue(): void
+    {
+        Config::getInstance()->ApiReference = [
+            Configuration::KEY_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION => 0,
+        ];
+
+        $configuration = new Configuration();
+        $configuration->install();
+
+        $this->assertSame(0, Config::getInstance()->ApiReference[Configuration::KEY_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION]);
+    }
+
+    public function testUninstallClearsApiReferenceConfig(): void
+    {
+        Config::getInstance()->ApiReference = [
+            Configuration::KEY_ENABLE_SPEC_GENERATION => 1,
+            'another_key' => 'value',
+        ];
+
+        $configuration = new Configuration();
+        $configuration->uninstall();
+
+        $this->assertSame([], Config::getInstance()->ApiReference);
+    }
+}