diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_order.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_order.js
index 523c02691..252dbad10 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_order.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_order.js
@@ -140,14 +140,19 @@
         $orderPrompt.addClass('hidden')
         $emptyCartPrompt.removeClass('hidden')
         $noAccountInfoPrompt.addClass('hidden')
-        $placeOrder.addClass('disabled')
+        $placeOrder.addClass('disabled').unbind('click').on('click', false)
       }
       else {
         logger.debug("cart has " + carts.length + " items in it")
         $orderPrompt.removeClass('hidden')
         $emptyCartPrompt.addClass('hidden')
         $noAccountInfoPrompt.addClass('hidden')
-        $placeOrder.removeClass('disabled').on('click', placeOrder)
+        if(gon.global.purchases_enabled) {
+          $placeOrder.removeClass('disabled').unbind('click').on('click', placeOrder)
+        }
+        else {
+          $placeOrder.addClass('disabled').unbind('click').on('click', false)
+        }
 
         var planPricing = {}
 
@@ -319,7 +324,7 @@
       var navigationHtml = $(
         context._.template(
           $('#template-checkout-navigation').html(),
-          {current: step},
+          {current: step, purchases_disable_class: gon.global.purchases_enabled ? 'hidden' : ''},
           {variable: 'data'}
         )
       );
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_payment.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_payment.js
index 10afdb70d..900efd3ab 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_payment.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_payment.js
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
       var navigationHtml = $(
         context._.template(
           $('#template-checkout-navigation').html(),
-          {current: step},
+          {current: step, purchases_disable_class: gon.global.purchases_enabled ? 'hidden' : ''},
           {variable: 'data'}
         )
       );
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_signin.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_signin.js
index 2416375c4..6985c3b71 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_signin.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/checkout_signin.js
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
       var navigationHtml = $(
         context._.template(
           $('#template-checkout-navigation').html(),
-          {current: 1},
+          {current: 1, purchases_disable_class: gon.global.purchases_enabled ? 'hidden' : ''},
           {variable: 'data'}
         )
       );
diff --git a/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/checkout.css.scss b/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/checkout.css.scss
index 9aa7d1040..8e9e40b9d 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/checkout.css.scss
+++ b/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/checkout.css.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 
 .checkout-navigation {
   padding: 20px 0px;
+  position:relative;
+
+  .purchases-disabled {
+    position:absolute;
+    bottom:-5px;
+    width:530px;
+    background-color:#006673;
+    border-width:1px;
+    border-style:solid;
+    border-color:white;
+    text-align:center;
+    color:white;
+    left:30px;
+    padding: 1px 0;
+
+    &.hidden {
+      display:none;
+    }
+  }
   .nav-signin, .nav-payment-info, .nav-place-order {
     margin-right:50px;
     float: left;
diff --git a/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/checkout_order.css.scss b/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/checkout_order.css.scss
index 456bfaafd..c8d371b18 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/checkout_order.css.scss
+++ b/web/app/assets/stylesheets/client/checkout_order.css.scss
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
     text-align:left;
   }
 
+  .purchases-disabled {
+    bottom: -15px;
+  }
+
   .action-bar {
     margin-top:20px;
   }
diff --git a/web/app/views/clients/_checkout_signin.html.slim b/web/app/views/clients/_checkout_signin.html.slim
index d6dd4ccdb..620bfc00d 100644
--- a/web/app/views/clients/_checkout_signin.html.slim
+++ b/web/app/views/clients/_checkout_signin.html.slim
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ div layout="screen" layout-id="checkoutSignin" id="checkoutSignInScreen" class="
 
 script type='text/template' id='template-checkout-navigation'
   .checkout-navigation
+    .purchases-disabled class="{{data.purchases_disable_class}}"
+      | Purchases are currently disabled.  Please check back soon!
     .nav-signin
       = "{% if (data.current == 1) { %}"
       .nav-text.selected
diff --git a/web/config/application.rb b/web/config/application.rb
index ad3aff3e3..b793f174c 100644
--- a/web/config/application.rb
+++ b/web/config/application.rb
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ if defined?(Bundler)
 
     config.recordings_stale_time = 3  # num days of inactivity before we decide that a recording is no longer going to be claimed
 
-    config.jam_tracks_available = false
+    config.jam_tracks_available = true
+    config.purchases_enabled = true
 
     # these values work out of the box with default settings of an influx install (you do have to add a development database by hand though)
     config.influxdb_database = 'development'
diff --git a/web/config/environments/development.rb b/web/config/environments/development.rb
index cc13d2955..6ca389640 100644
--- a/web/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/web/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ SampleApp::Application.configure do
   config.youtube_developer_key = "AI39si5bPqiNc5GQHscWJh9Wl1WTAr9aZqr_YncUvaR7Kz0rgPdBVWVubHZ94xZ3KLIBqtE9mu3VZe-UpMU80QxXoC66kBNp7A"  
   config.youtube_app_name = "JamKazamDev"
   config.jam_tracks_available=true
+  config.purchases_enabled=true
   config.minimal_curtain = true
   config.video_available= ENV['VIDEO_AVAILABILITY'] || "none"
   config.email_generic_from      = 'nobody-dev@jamkazam.com'
diff --git a/web/config/initializers/gon.rb b/web/config/initializers/gon.rb
index ff5a4d74f..fe6d8f021 100644
--- a/web/config/initializers/gon.rb
+++ b/web/config/initializers/gon.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ Gon.global.recurly_public_api_key = Rails.application.config.recurly_public_api_
 Gon.global.one_free_jamtrack_per_user = Rails.application.config.one_free_jamtrack_per_user
 Gon.global.video_available = Rails.application.config.video_available
 Gon.global.gear_check_ignore_high_latency = Rails.application.config.gear_check_ignore_high_latency
+Gon.global.purchases_enabled = Rails.application.config.purchases_enabled
 Gon.global.env = Rails.env