diff --git a/src/protections/BasicFlooding.ts b/src/protections/BasicFlooding.ts
index 873bc38..42c04ba 100644
--- a/src/protections/BasicFlooding.ts
+++ b/src/protections/BasicFlooding.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { IProtection } from "./IProtection";
 import { Mjolnir } from "../Mjolnir";
 import { LogLevel, LogService } from "matrix-bot-sdk";
 import { logMessage } from "../LogProxy";
+import config from "../config";
 
 export const MAX_PER_MINUTE = 10; // if this is exceeded, we'll ban the user for spam and redact their messages
 const TIMESTAMP_THRESHOLD = 30000; // 30s out of phase
@@ -63,12 +64,20 @@ export class BasicFlooding implements IProtection {
             this.recentlyBanned.push(event['sender']); // flag to reduce spam
 
             // Redact all the things the user said too
-            for (const eventId of forUser.map(e => e.eventId)) {
-                await mjolnir.client.redactEvent(roomId, eventId, "spam");
+            if (!config.noop) {
+                for (const eventId of forUser.map(e => e.eventId)) {
+                    await mjolnir.client.redactEvent(roomId, eventId, "spam");
+                }
+            } else {
+                await logMessage(LogLevel.WARN, "BasicFlooding", `Tried to redact messages for ${event['sender']} in ${roomId} but Mjolnir is running in no-op mode`);
             }
 
             await logMessage(LogLevel.WARN, "BasicFlooding", `Banning ${event['sender']} in ${roomId} for flooding (${messageCount} messages in the last minute)`);
-            await mjolnir.client.banUser(event['sender'], roomId, "spam");
+            if (!config.noop) {
+                await mjolnir.client.banUser(event['sender'], roomId, "spam");
+            } else {
+                await logMessage(LogLevel.WARN, "BasicFlooding", `Tried to ban ${event['sender']} in ${roomId} but Mjolnir is running in no-op mode`);
+            }
 
             // Free up some memory now that we're ready to handle it elsewhere
             forUser = forRoom[event['sender']] = []; // reset the user's list
diff --git a/src/protections/FirstMessageIsImage.ts b/src/protections/FirstMessageIsImage.ts
index 7d5ed13..695f76b 100644
--- a/src/protections/FirstMessageIsImage.ts
+++ b/src/protections/FirstMessageIsImage.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { IProtection } from "./IProtection";
 import { Mjolnir } from "../Mjolnir";
 import { LogLevel, LogService } from "matrix-bot-sdk";
 import { logMessage } from "../LogProxy";
+import config from "../config";
 
 export class FirstMessageIsImage implements IProtection {
 
@@ -63,10 +64,18 @@ export class FirstMessageIsImage implements IProtection {
                 this.recentlyBanned.push(event['sender']); // flag to reduce spam
 
                 // Redact the event
-                await mjolnir.client.redactEvent(roomId, event['event_id'], "spam");
+                if (!config.noop) {
+                    await mjolnir.client.redactEvent(roomId, event['event_id'], "spam");
+                } else {
+                    await logMessage(LogLevel.WARN, "FirstMessageIsImage", `Tried to redact ${event['event_id']} in ${roomId} but Mjolnir is running in no-op mode`);
+                }
 
                 await logMessage(LogLevel.WARN, "FirstMessageIsImage", `Banning ${event['sender']} for posting an image as the first thing after joining in ${roomId}.`);
-                await mjolnir.client.banUser(event['sender'], roomId, "spam");
+                if (!config.noop) {
+                    await mjolnir.client.banUser(event['sender'], roomId, "spam");
+                } else {
+                    await logMessage(LogLevel.WARN, "FirstMessageIsImage", `Tried to ban ${event['sender']} in ${roomId} but Mjolnir is running in no-op mode`);
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/queues/AutomaticRedactionQueue.ts b/src/queues/AutomaticRedactionQueue.ts
index 4b965dc..b2fec7d 100644
--- a/src/queues/AutomaticRedactionQueue.ts
+++ b/src/queues/AutomaticRedactionQueue.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import { LogLevel, LogService, MatrixClient, Permalinks } from "matrix-bot-sdk";
 import { logMessage } from "../LogProxy";
+import config from "../config";
 
 export class AutomaticRedactionQueue {
     private usersToRedact: Set<string> = new Set<string>();
@@ -36,7 +37,11 @@ export class AutomaticRedactionQueue {
             const permalink = Permalinks.forEvent(roomId, event['event_id']);
             try {
                 LogService.info("AutomaticRedactionQueue", `Redacting event because the user is listed as bad: ${permalink}`)
-                await mjolnirClient.redactEvent(roomId, event['event_id']);
+                if (!config.noop) {
+                    await mjolnirClient.redactEvent(roomId, event['event_id']);
+                } else {
+                    await logMessage(LogLevel.WARN, "AutomaticRedactionQueue", `Tried to redact ${permalink} but Mjolnir is running in no-op mode`);
+                }
             } catch (e) {
                 logMessage(LogLevel.WARN, "AutomaticRedactionQueue", `Unable to redact message: ${permalink}`);
                 LogService.warn("AutomaticRedactionQueue", e);