diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opendevstack/component_provisioner/server/services/ReplaceParametersService.java b/src/main/java/org/opendevstack/component_provisioner/server/services/ReplaceParametersService.java
index a42f0dc..8885a97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opendevstack/component_provisioner/server/services/ReplaceParametersService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opendevstack/component_provisioner/server/services/ReplaceParametersService.java
@@ -22,16 +22,20 @@ public class ReplaceParametersService {
 
     private final List<String> paramsToOverrideFromOdsApi;
 
+    private final Boolean odsApiServiceEnabled;
+
     public ReplaceParametersService(OdsApiService odsApiService, SnakeCaseExtractor snakeCaseExtractor,
-                                    @Value("${component-provisioner.ods-api-service.params.override}") String paramsToOverrideFromOdsApiConfig) {
+                                    @Value("${component-provisioner.ods-api-service.params.override}") String paramsToOverrideFromOdsApiConfig,
+                                    @Value("${component-provisioner.ods-api-service.enabled}") Boolean odsApiServiceEnabled) {
         this.odsApiService = odsApiService;
         this.snakeCaseExtractor = snakeCaseExtractor;
 
         this.paramsToOverrideFromOdsApi = Arrays.stream(paramsToOverrideFromOdsApiConfig.split(",")).toList();
+        this.odsApiServiceEnabled = odsApiServiceEnabled;
     }
 
     public ProvisionActionWrapper replaceProvisioningParametersFromOdsApi(ProvisionActionWrapper provisionActionWrapper) {
-        if (paramsToOverrideFromOdsApi == null || paramsToOverrideFromOdsApi.isEmpty()) {
+        if (Boolean.FALSE.equals(odsApiServiceEnabled) || paramsToOverrideFromOdsApi == null || paramsToOverrideFromOdsApi.isEmpty()) {
             log.debug("No ODS API parameters configured to override. Skipping overriding provisioning parameters from ODS API.");
 
             return provisionActionWrapper;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-local.env.template b/src/main/resources/application-local.env.template
index dc8aba8..43ac03a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-local.env.template
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-local.env.template
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ PROJECTS_INFO_SERVICE_BASE_REST_URL="https://projects-info-service-devstack-dev.
 CACHING_PROJECTS_INFO_SERVICE_CACHE_EVICTION_INTERVAL=5s
 CACHING_PROJECTS_INFO_SERVICE_CACHE_MAX_SIZE=100MB
 
+ODS_API_SERVICE_ENABLED=true
 ODS_API_SERVICE_SERVICE_PARAMS_OVERRIDE="project_flavour"
 ODS_API_SERVICE_SERVICE_BASE_REST_URL="https://localhost:8081/v1"
 ODS_API_SERVICE_SERVICE_PARAMS_CLIENT_ID="client-id"
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 704bd2e..a2d489d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ component-provisioner:
       username: ${COMPONENT_CATALOG_PROVISIONER_USERNAME}
       password: ${COMPONENT_CATALOG_PROVISIONER_PASSWORD}
   ods-api-service:
+    enabled: ${ODS_API_SERVICE_ENABLED}
     service:
       base-rest-url: ${ODS_API_SERVICE_SERVICE_BASE_REST_URL}
     params:
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opendevstack/component_provisioner/server/services/ReplaceParametersServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/opendevstack/component_provisioner/server/services/ReplaceParametersServiceTest.java
index 5f06f00..0b226de 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opendevstack/component_provisioner/server/services/ReplaceParametersServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opendevstack/component_provisioner/server/services/ReplaceParametersServiceTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ReplaceParametersServiceTest {
     private ReplaceParametersService replaceParametersService;
 
     private void initializeService(String paramsToOverride) {
-        replaceParametersService = new ReplaceParametersService(odsApiService, snakeCaseExtractor, paramsToOverride);
+        replaceParametersService = new ReplaceParametersService(odsApiService, snakeCaseExtractor, paramsToOverride, true);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/resources/application-testing.env b/src/test/resources/application-testing.env
index 0506895..f8e6a2e 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/application-testing.env
+++ b/src/test/resources/application-testing.env
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ PROJECTS_INFO_SERVICE_BASE_REST_URL="https://projects-info-service-devstack-dev.
 CACHING_PROJECTS_INFO_SERVICE_CACHE_EVICTION_INTERVAL=5s
 CACHING_PROJECTS_INFO_SERVICE_CACHE_MAX_SIZE=100MB
 
+ODS_API_SERVICE_ENABLED=true
 ODS_API_SERVICE_SERVICE_PARAMS_OVERRIDE="project_flavour"
 ODS_API_SERVICE_SERVICE_BASE_REST_URL="https://www.example.com/v1"
 ODS_API_SERVICE_SERVICE_PARAMS_CLIENT_ID="client-id"