diff --git a/src/onionrcommands/daemonlaunch/__init__.py b/src/onionrcommands/daemonlaunch/__init__.py
index 2b7abfd9..50e362d8 100755
--- a/src/onionrcommands/daemonlaunch/__init__.py
+++ b/src/onionrcommands/daemonlaunch/__init__.py
@@ -164,8 +164,10 @@ def daemon():
 
     events.event('init', threaded=False)
     events.event('daemon_start')
-    Thread(target=LANServer(shared_state).start_server, daemon=True).start()
-    LANManager(shared_state).start()
+    if config.get('transports.lan', True):
+        Thread(target=LANServer(shared_state).start_server,
+               daemon=True).start()
+        LANManager(shared_state).start()
     communicator.startCommunicator(shared_state)
 
     clean_ephemeral_services()
diff --git a/static-data/default_config.json b/static-data/default_config.json
index 3d7f34e5..53948cfe 100755
--- a/static-data/default_config.json
+++ b/static-data/default_config.json
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
     },
     "transports": {
         "manual_disk": true,
-        "tor": true
+        "tor": true,
+        "lan": true
     },
     "ui": {
         "theme": "dark"