diff --git a/plugins/autoSyndrome.cpp b/plugins/autoSyndrome.cpp
index 5a433e01d..3a6fecc2a 100644
--- a/plugins/autoSyndrome.cpp
+++ b/plugins/autoSyndrome.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace DFHack;
 
-bool enabled = true;
+static bool enabled = false;
 
 DFHACK_PLUGIN("autoSyndrome");
 
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ DFhackCExport command_result plugin_init(color_ostream& out, vector<PluginComman
         "autoSyndrome looks for recently completed jobs matching certain conditions, and if it finds one, then it will give the unit that finished that job the syndrome specified in the raw files. See Readme.rst for full details.\n"
         ));
     
-    EventManager::EventHandler handle(processJob, 5);
-    EventManager::registerListener(EventManager::EventType::JOB_COMPLETED, handle, plugin_self);
+    //EventManager::EventHandler handle(processJob, 5);
+    //EventManager::registerListener(EventManager::EventType::JOB_COMPLETED, handle, plugin_self);
     return CR_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/syndromeTrigger.cpp b/plugins/syndromeTrigger.cpp
index 017eaf820..ee75efc36 100644
--- a/plugins/syndromeTrigger.cpp
+++ b/plugins/syndromeTrigger.cpp
@@ -20,18 +20,61 @@
 using namespace DFHack;
 using namespace std;
 
+static bool enabled = false;
+
 DFHACK_PLUGIN("syndromeTrigger");
 
 void syndromeHandler(color_ostream& out, void* ptr);
 
+command_result syndromeTrigger(color_ostream& out, vector<string>& parameters);
+
 DFhackCExport command_result plugin_init ( color_ostream &out, std::vector <PluginCommand> &commands)
 {
-    EventManager::EventHandler syndrome(syndromeHandler, 1);
-    EventManager::registerListener(EventManager::EventType::SYNDROME, syndrome, plugin_self);
+    commands.push_back(PluginCommand("syndromeTrigger", "Run commands and enable true transformations, configured by the raw files.\n", &syndromeTrigger, false,
+        "syndromeTrigger:\n"
+        "  syndromeTrigger 0 //disable\n"
+        "  syndromeTrigger 1 //enable\n"
+        "  syndromeTrigger disable //disable\n"
+        "  syndromeTrigger enable //enable\n"
+        "\n"
+        "See Readme.rst for details.\n"
+        ));
 
     return CR_OK;
 }
 
+command_result syndromeTrigger(color_ostream& out, vector<string>& parameters) {
+    if ( parameters.size() > 1 )
+        return CR_WRONG_USAGE;
+
+    bool wasEnabled = enabled;
+    if ( parameters.size() == 1 ) {
+        if ( parameters[0] == "enable" ) {
+            enabled = true;
+        } else if ( parameters[0] == "disable" ) {
+            enabled = false;
+        } else {
+            int32_t a = atoi(parameters[0].c_str());
+            if ( a < 0 || a > 1 )
+                return CR_WRONG_USAGE;
+
+            enabled = (bool)a;
+        }
+    }
+
+    out.print("syndromeTrigger is %s\n", enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
+    if ( enabled == wasEnabled )
+        return CR_OK;
+
+    EventManager::unregisterAll(plugin_self);
+    if ( enabled ) {
+        EventManager::EventHandler handle(syndromeHandler, 1);
+        EventManager::registerListener(EventManager::EventType::SYNDROME, handle, plugin_self);
+    }
+    return CR_OK;
+    
+}
+
 void syndromeHandler(color_ostream& out, void* ptr) {
     EventManager::SyndromeData* data = (EventManager::SyndromeData*)ptr;