diff --git a/config/config.example.yml b/config/config.example.yml
index 10734c3a..7db39844 100644
--- a/config/config.example.yml
+++ b/config/config.example.yml
@@ -304,10 +304,8 @@ https_only: false
 ## Number of threads to use when crawling channel videos (during
 ## subscriptions update).
 ##
-## Notes:
-##  - Setting this to 0 will disable the channel videos crawl job.
-##  - This setting is overridden if "-c THREADS" or
-##    "--channel-threads=THREADS" are passed on the command line.
+## Notes: This setting is overridden if either "-c THREADS" or
+## "--channel-threads=THREADS" is passed on the command line.
 ##
 ## Accepted values: a positive integer
 ## Default: 1
@@ -335,10 +333,8 @@ full_refresh: false
 ##
 ## Number of threads to use when updating RSS feeds.
 ##
-## Notes:
-##  - Setting this to 0 will disable the channel videos crawl job.
-##  - This setting is overridden if "-f THREADS" or
-##    "--feed-threads=THREADS" are passed on the command line.
+## Notes: This setting is overridden if either "-f THREADS" or
+## "--feed-threads=THREADS" is passed on the command line.
 ##
 ## Accepted values: a positive integer
 ## Default: 1
@@ -361,6 +357,39 @@ feed_threads: 1
 #decrypt_polling: false
 
 
+jobs:
+
+  ## Options for the database cleaning job
+  clear_expired_items:
+
+    ## Enable/Disable job
+    ##
+    ## Accepted values: true, false
+    ## Default: true
+    ##
+    enable: true
+
+  ## Options for the channels updater job
+  refresh_channels:
+
+    ## Enable/Disable job
+    ##
+    ## Accepted values: true, false
+    ## Default: true
+    ##
+    enable: true
+
+  ## Options for the RSS feeds updater job
+  refresh_feeds:
+
+    ## Enable/Disable job
+    ##
+    ## Accepted values: true, false
+    ## Default: true
+    ##
+    enable: true
+
+
 # -----------------------------
 #  Captcha API
 # -----------------------------
@@ -859,7 +888,7 @@ default_user_preferences:
   ## Default: false
   ##
   #automatic_instance_redirect: false
-  
+
   ##
   ## Show the entire video description by default (when set to 'false',
   ## only the first few lines of the description are shown and a
diff --git a/src/invidious/config.cr b/src/invidious/config.cr
index 786b65df..51b09fc7 100644
--- a/src/invidious/config.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/config.cr
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ class Config
   property decrypt_polling : Bool = false
   # Used for crawling channels: threads should check all videos uploaded by a channel
   property full_refresh : Bool = false
+
+  # Jobs config structure. See jobs.cr and jobs/base_job.cr
+  property jobs = Invidious::Jobs::JobsConfig.new
+
   # Used to tell Invidious it is behind a proxy, so links to resources should be https://
   property https_only : Bool?
   # HMAC signing key for CSRF tokens and verifying pubsub subscriptions
diff --git a/src/invidious/jobs.cr b/src/invidious/jobs.cr
index ec0cad64..524a3624 100644
--- a/src/invidious/jobs.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/jobs.cr
@@ -1,12 +1,39 @@
 module Invidious::Jobs
   JOBS = [] of BaseJob
 
+  # Automatically generate a structure that wraps the various
+  # jobs' configs, so that the follwing YAML config can be used:
+  #
+  # jobs:
+  #   job_name:
+  #     enabled: true
+  #     some_property: "value"
+  #
+  macro finished
+    struct JobsConfig
+      include YAML::Serializable
+
+      {% for sc in BaseJob.subclasses %}
+        # Voodoo macro to transform `Some::Module::CustomJob` to `custom`
+        {% class_name = sc.id.split("::").last.id.gsub(/Job$/, "").underscore %}
+
+        getter {{ class_name }} = {{ sc.name }}::Config.new
+      {% end %}
+
+      def initialize
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   def self.register(job : BaseJob)
     JOBS << job
   end
 
   def self.start_all
     JOBS.each do |job|
+      # Don't run the main rountine if the job is disabled by config
+      next if job.disabled?
+
       spawn { job.begin }
     end
   end
diff --git a/src/invidious/jobs/base_job.cr b/src/invidious/jobs/base_job.cr
index 47e75864..f90f0bfe 100644
--- a/src/invidious/jobs/base_job.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/jobs/base_job.cr
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
 abstract class Invidious::Jobs::BaseJob
   abstract def begin
+
+  # When this base job class is inherited, make sure to define
+  # a basic "Config" structure, that contains the "enable" property,
+  # and to create the associated instance property.
+  #
+  macro inherited
+    macro finished
+      # This config structure can be expanded as required.
+      struct Config
+        include YAML::Serializable
+
+        property enable = true
+
+        def initialize
+        end
+      end
+
+      property cfg = Config.new
+
+      # Return true if job is enabled by config
+      protected def enabled? : Bool
+        return (@cfg.enable == true)
+      end
+
+      # Return true if job is disabled by config
+      protected def disabled? : Bool
+        return (@cfg.enable == false)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/src/invidious/jobs/clear_expired_items_job.cr b/src/invidious/jobs/clear_expired_items_job.cr
index 49f86106..17191aac 100644
--- a/src/invidious/jobs/clear_expired_items_job.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/jobs/clear_expired_items_job.cr
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ class Invidious::Jobs::ClearExpiredItemsJob < Invidious::Jobs::BaseJob
     loop do
       failed = false
 
+      LOGGER.info("jobs: running ClearExpiredItems job")
+
       begin
         Invidious::Database::Videos.delete_expired
         Invidious::Database::Nonces.delete_expired
@@ -14,8 +16,10 @@ class Invidious::Jobs::ClearExpiredItemsJob < Invidious::Jobs::BaseJob
 
       # Retry earlier than scheduled on DB error
       if failed
+        LOGGER.info("jobs: ClearExpiredItems failed. Retrying in 10 minutes.")
         sleep 10.minutes
       else
+        LOGGER.info("jobs: ClearExpiredItems done.")
         sleep 1.hour
       end
     end