diff --git a/activitypub.php b/activitypub.php
index 4292684..378e999 100644
--- a/activitypub.php
+++ b/activitypub.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ function init() {
 	\defined( 'ACTIVITYPUB_HASHTAGS_REGEXP' ) || \define( 'ACTIVITYPUB_HASHTAGS_REGEXP', '(?:(?<=\s)|(?<=<p>)|(?<=<br>)|^)#([A-Za-z0-9_]+)(?:(?=\s|[[:punct:]]|$))' );
 	\defined( 'ACTIVITYPUB_USERNAME_REGEXP' ) || \define( 'ACTIVITYPUB_USERNAME_REGEXP', '(?:([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)@((?:[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.)+[A-Za-z]+))' );
 	\defined( 'ACTIVITYPUB_CUSTOM_POST_CONTENT' ) || \define( 'ACTIVITYPUB_CUSTOM_POST_CONTENT', "<p><strong>[ap_title]</strong></p>\n\n[ap_content]\n\n<p>[ap_hashtags]</p>\n\n<p>[ap_shortlink]</p>" );
+	\defined( 'ACTIVITYPUB_SECURE_MODE' ) || \define( 'ACTIVITYPUB_SECURE_MODE', apply_filters( 'activitypub_secure_mode', $value = false ) );
 
 	\define( 'ACTIVITYPUB_PLUGIN_DIR', plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) );
 	\define( 'ACTIVITYPUB_PLUGIN_BASENAME', plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) );
diff --git a/includes/class-activitypub.php b/includes/class-activitypub.php
index 30cc7d0..f7885cd 100644
--- a/includes/class-activitypub.php
+++ b/includes/class-activitypub.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Activitypub {
 			\in_array( 'application/ld+json', $accept, true ) ||
 			\in_array( 'application/json', $accept, true )
 		) {
-			if ( \get_option( 'activitypub_use_secure_mode', '0' ) ) {
+			if ( ACTIVITYPUB_SECURE_MODE ) {
 				$verification = Signature::verify_http_signature( $_SERVER );
 				if ( \is_wp_error( $verification ) ) {
 					// fallback as template_loader can't return http headers
diff --git a/includes/class-admin.php b/includes/class-admin.php
index 7a19e8e..4bc7b9c 100644
--- a/includes/class-admin.php
+++ b/includes/class-admin.php
@@ -144,15 +144,15 @@ class Admin {
 				'default'      => array( 'post', 'pages' ),
 			)
 		);
-		\register_setting(
-			'activitypub',
-			'activitypub_use_secure_mode',
-			array(
-				'type' => 'boolean',
-				'description' => \__( 'Secure mode allows blocking servers from fetching public activities', 'activitypub' ),
-				'default' => 0,
-			)
-		);
+		// \register_setting(
+		// 	'activitypub',
+		// 	'activitypub_use_secure_mode',
+		// 	array(
+		// 		'type' => 'boolean',
+		// 		'description' => \__( 'Secure mode allows blocking servers from fetching public activities', 'activitypub' ),
+		// 		'default' => 0,
+		// 	)
+		// );
 	}
 
 	public static function schedule_migration() {
diff --git a/includes/rest/class-server.php b/includes/rest/class-server.php
index a2d837a..b5b55fd 100644
--- a/includes/rest/class-server.php
+++ b/includes/rest/class-server.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Server {
 		} else {
 			if ( '/activitypub/1.0/webfinger' !== $route ) {
 				// SecureMode/Authorized fetch.
-				if ( \get_option( 'activitypub_use_secure_mode', '0' ) ) {
+				if ( ACTIVITYPUB_SECURE_MODE ) {
 					$verified_request = Signature::verify_http_signature( $request );
 					if ( \is_wp_error( $verified_request ) ) {
 						return $verified_request;
diff --git a/templates/settings.php b/templates/settings.php
index 6429688..1966c4f 100644
--- a/templates/settings.php
+++ b/templates/settings.php
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 			</tbody>
 		</table>
 
-		<table class="form-table">
+		<!-- <table class="form-table">
 			<tbody>
 				<tr>
 					<th scope="row">
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@
 					</th>
 					<td>
 						<p>
-							<label><input type="checkbox" name="activitypub_use_secure_mode" id="activitypub_use_secure_mode" value="1" <?php echo \checked( '1', \get_option( 'activitypub_use_secure_mode', '0' ) ); ?> /> <?php echo wp_kses( \__( 'In secure mode every ActivityPub request must be signed. This disallows anonymous requests and prevents serving content to servers listed in the Blocklist.', 'activitypub' ), 'default' ); ?></label>
+							<label><input type="checkbox" name="activitypub_use_secure_mode" id="activitypub_use_secure_mode" value="1" <?php echo \checked( '1', \get_option( 'activitypub_use_secure_mode', '0' ) ); ?> /> <?php echo wp_kses( \__( 'In secure mode every ActivityPub request must be signed. This disallows anonymous requests and prevents serving content to servers listed in the Blocklist. WARNING this disallows caching so will affect server performance', 'activitypub' ), 'default' ); ?></label>
 						</p>
 					</td>
 				</tr>
 			</tbody>
-		</table>
+		</table> -->
 
 		<?php \do_settings_fields( 'activitypub', 'server' ); ?>