diff --git a/client/src/main/java/cloud/prefab/client/Options.java b/client/src/main/java/cloud/prefab/client/Options.java
index 94409379..15e77398 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/cloud/prefab/client/Options.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/cloud/prefab/client/Options.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public enum OnInitializationFailure {
   private boolean contextShapeUploadEnabled = true;
   private boolean evaluatedConfigKeyUploadEnabled = true;
 
+  private boolean configEvaluationCountsUploadEnabled = false;
+
   public Options() {
     this.apikey = System.getenv("PREFAB_API_KEY");
     this.prefabApiUrl =
@@ -209,6 +211,17 @@ public boolean isEvaluatedConfigKeyUploadEnabled() {
     return evaluatedConfigKeyUploadEnabled;
   }
 
+  public boolean isConfigEvaluationCountsUploadEnabled() {
+    return configEvaluationCountsUploadEnabled;
+  }
+
+  public Options setConfigEvaluationCountsUploadEnabled(
+    boolean configEvaluationCountsUploadEnabled
+  ) {
+    this.configEvaluationCountsUploadEnabled = configEvaluationCountsUploadEnabled;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Configure client to report context shape data
    * The captured data consists of names and types of context data, NOT the actual values
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/cloud/prefab/client/internal/ConfigClientImpl.java b/client/src/main/java/cloud/prefab/client/internal/ConfigClientImpl.java
index 0fe5879b..8a5a55f7 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/cloud/prefab/client/internal/ConfigClientImpl.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/cloud/prefab/client/internal/ConfigClientImpl.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.time.Clock;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -162,8 +161,10 @@ public ConfigClientImpl(
           new EvaluatedKeysAggregator(options, prefabHttpClient, Clock.systemUTC());
         evaluatedKeysAggregator.start();
       }
-      matchProcessingManager = new MatchProcessingManager(prefabHttpClient, options);
-      matchProcessingManager.start();
+      if (options.isConfigEvaluationCountsUploadEnabled()) {
+        matchProcessingManager = new MatchProcessingManager(prefabHttpClient, options);
+        matchProcessingManager.start();
+      }
     }
   }