diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index d91c76e..c6452ad 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import NavBar from "./ui/navBar";
 import HeaderBar from "./ui/headerBar";
 import MinedRulesComponent from "./ui/MiningRules/minedRulesComponent";
 import {hashConst} from "./ui/uiConstants";
+import {featureConfig} from "./config";
 
 class App extends Component {
     constructor(props) {
@@ -79,10 +80,16 @@ class App extends Component {
                     </div>
                     <div id={"learnDesignRules"}
                         className={
-                            ([hashConst.learnDesignRules].indexOf(this.props.currentHash[0]) === -1 ) ?
+                            ([hashConst.learnDesignRules].indexOf(this.props.currentHash[0]) === -1) ?
                                 "main container hidden" : "main container"
                         }>
-                        <MinedRulesComponent/>
+                        {featureConfig.MiningRules ? (
+                            <MinedRulesComponent/>
+                        ) : (
+                            <div>
+                                {"The Mining Rules feature is disabled in this version of the tool."}
+                            </div>
+                        )}
                     </div>
                     <div style={{width: "100%", height: "100px"}}/>
                 </div>
@@ -98,12 +105,14 @@ class App extends Component {
     }
 
     renderLoading() {
+        const loadingTitle = featureConfig.MiningRules ?
+            "Loading Files and Rules and Preprocessing" : "Loading Files and Rules";
         return (<div id={"loadingGif"}
             className={(this.state.loadingGif ? "" : "hidden")}>
             <div className={"overlayLoading"}>
                 <div className={"spinnerContainer"}>
                     <div className={"loadingTitle"}>
-                        <h3>{"Loading Rules and Preprocessing"}</h3>
+                        <h3>{loadingTitle}</h3>
                     </div>
                     <div className="spinner"/>
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adc7c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export const featureConfig = {
+    MiningRules: true,
+    ActiveLLM: false,
+};
diff --git a/src/ui/navBar.js b/src/ui/navBar.js
index 6faed35..8f38df6 100644
--- a/src/ui/navBar.js
+++ b/src/ui/navBar.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {clickedOnBack, clickedOnForward} from "../actions";
 import {hashConst} from "./uiConstants";
 
 import ConfigComponent from "../ui/activeLLM/configComponent";
+import {featureConfig} from "../config";
 
 export class NavBar extends Component {
     render() {
@@ -35,23 +36,25 @@ export class NavBar extends Component {
                         </NavItem>
 
                         <NavItem eventKey={1}>
-                            Table of Contents
+                            {"Table of Contents"}
                         </NavItem>
                         <NavItem eventKey={2}>
-                            All Rules
+                            {"All Rules"}
                         </NavItem>
                         <NavItem eventKey={3}>
-                            Violated Rules
+                            {"Violated Rules"}
                         </NavItem>
-                        <NavItem eventKey={4}>
-                            Learn Design Rules
+                        <NavItem eventKey={4} disabled={!featureConfig.MiningRules}>
+                            {"Learn Design Rules"} {featureConfig.MiningRules? "": " (Disabled)"}
                         </NavItem>
                     </Nav>
                 </Navbar.Collapse>
                 {/* Opt-In to activeLLM button */}
-                <span>
-                    <ConfigComponent/>
-                </span>
+                {featureConfig.ActiveLLM ? (
+                    <span>
+                        <ConfigComponent/>
+                    </span>
+                ) : null}
             </Navbar>
         );
     }