diff --git a/backend/src/config/index.ts b/backend/src/config/index.ts
index 240b4d61e..2120fce71 100644
--- a/backend/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config/index.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ const webhook = {
 
 const eventProtocol = {
   // global switch to enable writing of EventProtocol-Entries
-  EVENT_PROTOCOL_ENABLED: process.env.EVENT_PROTOCOL_ENABLED || true,
+  EVENT_PROTOCOL_DISABLED: process.env.EVENT_PROTOCOL_DISABLED === 'true' || false,
 }
 
 // This is needed by graphql-directive-auth
diff --git a/backend/src/event/EventProtocolEmitter.ts b/backend/src/event/EventProtocolEmitter.ts
index 4ee092772..6dea99810 100644
--- a/backend/src/event/EventProtocolEmitter.ts
+++ b/backend/src/event/EventProtocolEmitter.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ class EventProtocolEmitter {
     return this.events
   }
 
-  public isEnabled() {
-    logger.info(`EventProtocol - isEnabled=${CONFIG.EVENT_PROTOCOL_ENABLED}`)
-    return CONFIG.EVENT_PROTOCOL_ENABLED === true
+  public isDisabled() {
+    logger.info(`EventProtocol - isDisabled=${CONFIG.EVENT_PROTOCOL_DISABLED}`)
+    return CONFIG.EVENT_PROTOCOL_DISABLED === true
   }
 
   public async writeEvent(event: Event): Promise<void> {
-    if (eventProtocol.isEnabled()) {
+    if (!eventProtocol.isDisabled()) {
       logger.info(`writeEvent(${JSON.stringify(event)})`)
       const dbEvent = new EventProtocol()
       dbEvent.type = event.type