diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Config.java b/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Config.java
index 28bcbf8..506f47b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Config.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class Config {
     @SuppressWarnings("unused") private String token;
     @SuppressWarnings("unused") private String prefix;
     @SuppressWarnings("unused") private DBConfig mariadb;
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused") private boolean levelling = false;
 
     /**
      * Returns the configuration object for this bot
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ public class Config {
         return token;
     }
     public String getPrefix() { return prefix; }
+    public boolean getLevelling() { return levelling; }
 
     public DBConfig getDbConfig() {
         return mariadb;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Doki.java b/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Doki.java
index 43d23cf..1beb95a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Doki.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/Doki.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ public class Doki {
 
     public static void start() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         config = Config.readConfig();
-        Config.DBConfig dbConfig = config.getDbConfig();
 
         final JDA jda = JDABuilder.createLight(config.getToken())
                 .setActivity(Activity.customStatus("Banned from everywhere"))
@@ -40,16 +39,19 @@ public class Doki {
                 .awaitReady();
 
         // Connect to the DB
-        dataSource.setDriverClassName("org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver");
-        dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mariadb://" + dbConfig.getHost() + ":" + dbConfig.getPortNumber() + "/" + dbConfig.getDatabase());
-        dataSource.setUsername(dbConfig.getUser());
-        dataSource.setPassword(dbConfig.getPassword());
-        dataSource.setMaxTotal(10);
-        dataSource.setMaxIdle(5);
-        dataSource.setMinIdle(2);
-        dataSource.setInitialSize(10);
+        if (config.getLevelling()) {
+            Config.DBConfig dbConfig = config.getDbConfig();
+            dataSource.setDriverClassName("org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver");
+            dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mariadb://" + dbConfig.getHost() + ":" + dbConfig.getPortNumber() + "/" + dbConfig.getDatabase());
+            dataSource.setUsername(dbConfig.getUser());
+            dataSource.setPassword(dbConfig.getPassword());
+            dataSource.setMaxTotal(10);
+            dataSource.setMaxIdle(5);
+            dataSource.setMinIdle(2);
+            dataSource.setInitialSize(10);
+        }
 
-        //Print some information about the bot
+        // Print some information about the bot
         log.info("Bot connected as {}", jda.getSelfUser().getAsTag());
         log.info("The bot is present in the following guilds:");
         for (Guild guild : jda.getGuildCache()) {
@@ -66,7 +68,11 @@ public class Doki {
             CommandsBuilder.newBuilder(437970062922612737L)
                     .textCommandBuilder(textCommandsBuilder -> textCommandsBuilder.addPrefix(getPrefix()))
                     .build(jda, "net.hypr.doki.commands"); //Registering listeners is taken care of by the lib
-            jda.addEventListener(new LevellingListener());
+            if (config.getLevelling()) {
+                jda.addEventListener(new LevellingListener());
+            } else {
+                log.info("Levelling is disabled");
+            }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.error("Failed to start the bot", e);
             System.exit(-1);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/listeners/LevellingListener.java b/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/listeners/LevellingListener.java
index 330cb46..bf8afff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/listeners/LevellingListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/hypr/doki/listeners/LevellingListener.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class LevellingListener extends ListenerAdapter {
         } else {
             log.info("No record of user ID {} in server {}, creating blank record", user.getId(), guild.getId());
             try {
-                UserRecord rec = DBUtils.createUserRecord(user.getIdLong(), guild.getIdLong(), user.getName());
+                UserRecord rec = DBUtils.createUserRecord(user.getIdLong(), guild.getIdLong());
                 LevellingUtils.incrementXp(log, rec);
             } catch (SQLException e) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.schema.json b/src/main/resources/config.schema.json
index 8649af9..a403108 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.schema.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.schema.json
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
         "password",
         "database"
       ]
+    },
+    "levelling": {
+      "type": "boolean"
     }
   },
   "required": [