diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index f47e8f2f..2278bf5a 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
             "description": "Debug mode or not.",
             "required": false,
             "value": "False"
+        },
+        "ALLOW_SIGNUP": {
+            "description": "Allow users to signup themselves or not",
+            "required": false,
+            "value": "True"
         }
     },
     "scripts": {
diff --git a/app/app/settings.py b/app/app/settings.py
index 58f55bc0..df0e2d04 100644
--- a/app/app/settings.py
+++ b/app/app/settings.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY',
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = env.bool('DEBUG', True)
 
+# True if you want to allow users to be able to create an account
+ALLOW_SIGNUP = env.bool('ALLOW_SIGNUP', True)
+
 # ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f8787a79..5ae6bc69 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ services:
       ADMIN_PASSWORD: "password"
       ADMIN_EMAIL: "admin@example.com"
       DATABASE_URL: "postgres://doccano:doccano@postgres:5432/doccano?sslmode=disable"
+      ALLOW_SIGNUP: "True" 
     ports:
       - 8000:8000