diff --git a/ArchiSteamFarm/Bot.cs b/ArchiSteamFarm/Bot.cs
index 6685cb1af..3a11d5174 100755
--- a/ArchiSteamFarm/Bot.cs
+++ b/ArchiSteamFarm/Bot.cs
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ namespace ArchiSteamFarm {
 				throw new ArgumentException("That bot is already defined!");
 			}
 
+			if (BotConfig.Paused) {
+				CardsFarmer.Pause().Wait();
+			}
+
 			if (!BotConfig.StartOnLaunch) {
 				return;
 			}
diff --git a/ArchiSteamFarm/BotConfig.cs b/ArchiSteamFarm/BotConfig.cs
index a5fcf2fd4..6dabd1a2d 100644
--- a/ArchiSteamFarm/BotConfig.cs
+++ b/ArchiSteamFarm/BotConfig.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ namespace ArchiSteamFarm {
 		[JsonProperty(Required = Required.DisallowNull)]
 		internal readonly bool Enabled = false;
 
+		[JsonProperty(Required = Required.DisallowNull)]
+		internal readonly bool Paused = false;
+
 		[JsonProperty(Required = Required.DisallowNull)]
 		internal readonly bool StartOnLaunch = true;
 
diff --git a/ArchiSteamFarm/config/example.json b/ArchiSteamFarm/config/example.json
index 853566206..c8e403413 100644
--- a/ArchiSteamFarm/config/example.json
+++ b/ArchiSteamFarm/config/example.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "Enabled": false,
+  "Paused": false,
   "StartOnLaunch": true,
   "SteamLogin": null,
   "SteamPassword": null,
diff --git a/ConfigGenerator/BotConfig.cs b/ConfigGenerator/BotConfig.cs
index 4e281bc4c..9119748f3 100644
--- a/ConfigGenerator/BotConfig.cs
+++ b/ConfigGenerator/BotConfig.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ namespace ConfigGenerator {
 		[JsonProperty(Required = Required.DisallowNull)]
 		public bool Enabled { get; set; } = false;
 
+		[Category("\tAdvanced")]
+		[JsonProperty(Required = Required.DisallowNull)]
+		public bool Paused { get; set; } = false;
+
 		[Category("\tAdvanced")]
 		[JsonProperty(Required = Required.DisallowNull)]
 		public bool StartOnLaunch { get; set; } = true;