diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 8998a06f91..467a576156 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.9.30-alpha.0",
+  "version": "2.9.30-alpha.1",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "packages": [
     "packages/*"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/featureFlags/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/backend-core/src/featureFlags/index.ts
rename to packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
index 877cd60e1a..8f5c903e05 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/featureFlags/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import env from "../environment"
 import * as context from "../context"
+export * from "./installation"
 
 /**
  * Read the TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS env var and return an array of features flags for each tenant.
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/features/installation.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/installation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..defc8bf987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/features/installation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export function processFeatureEnvVar<T>(
+  fullList: string[],
+  featureList?: string
+) {
+  let list
+  if (!featureList) {
+    list = fullList
+  } else {
+    list = featureList.split(",")
+  }
+  for (let feature of list) {
+    if (!fullList.includes(feature)) {
+      throw new Error(`Feature: ${feature} is not an allowed option`)
+    }
+  }
+  return list as unknown as T[]
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/featureFlags/tests/featureFlags.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/featureFlags.spec.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend-core/src/featureFlags/tests/featureFlags.spec.ts
rename to packages/backend-core/src/features/tests/featureFlags.spec.ts
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts
index 7b98674788..ffffd8240a 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ export * as roles from "./security/roles"
 export * as permissions from "./security/permissions"
 export * as accounts from "./accounts"
 export * as installation from "./installation"
-export * as featureFlags from "./featureFlags"
+export * as featureFlags from "./features"
+export * as features from "./features/installation"
 export * as sessions from "./security/sessions"
 export * as platform from "./platform"
 export * as auth from "./auth"
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/_components/StatusRenderer.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/_components/StatusRenderer.svelte
index f041faa349..fd289163b4 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/_components/StatusRenderer.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/_components/StatusRenderer.svelte
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 
   $: isError = !value || value.toLowerCase() === "error"
   $: isStoppedError = value?.toLowerCase() === "stopped_error"
-  $: isStopped = value?.toLowerCase() === "stopped" || isStoppedError
-  $: info = getInfo(isError, isStopped)
+  $: isStopped = value?.toLowerCase() === "stopped"
+  $: info = getInfo(isError, isStopped, isStoppedError)
 
-  const getInfo = (error, stopped) => {
-    if (error) {
+  function getInfo(error, stopped, stoppedError) {
+    if (stoppedError) {
+      return { color: "red", message: "Stopped - Error" }
+    } else if (error) {
       return { color: "red", message: "Error" }
     } else if (stopped) {
       return { color: "yellow", message: "Stopped" }
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/index.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/index.svelte
index 190ced4b36..373a47aa2e 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/index.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/settings/automation-history/index.svelte
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 
   const ERROR = "error",
     SUCCESS = "success",
-    STOPPED = "stopped"
+    STOPPED = "stopped",
+    STOPPED_ERROR = "stopped_error"
   const sidePanel = getContext("side-panel")
 
   let pageInfo = createPaginationStore()
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
     { value: SUCCESS, label: "Success" },
     { value: ERROR, label: "Error" },
     { value: STOPPED, label: "Stopped" },
+    { value: STOPPED_ERROR, label: "Stopped - Error" },
   ]
 
   const runHistorySchema = {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
index a2b164ffc6..66439d3411 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/deploy/index.ts
@@ -77,18 +77,19 @@ async function initDeployedApp(prodAppId: any) {
     )
   ).rows.map((row: any) => row.doc)
   await clearMetadata()
-  console.log("You have " + automations.length + " automations")
+  const { count } = await disableAllCrons(prodAppId)
   const promises = []
-  console.log("Disabling prod crons..")
-  await disableAllCrons(prodAppId)
-  console.log("Prod Cron triggers disabled..")
-  console.log("Enabling cron triggers for deployed app..")
   for (let automation of automations) {
     promises.push(enableCronTrigger(prodAppId, automation))
   }
-  await Promise.all(promises)
-  console.log("Enabled cron triggers for deployed app..")
-  // sync the automations back to the dev DB - since there is now cron
+  const results = await Promise.all(promises)
+  const enabledCount = results
+    .map(result => result.enabled)
+    .filter(result => result).length
+  console.log(
+    `Cleared ${count} old CRON, enabled ${enabledCount} new CRON triggers for app deployment`
+  )
+  // sync the automations back to the dev DB - since there is now CRON
   // information attached
   await sdk.applications.syncApp(dbCore.getDevAppID(prodAppId), {
     automationOnly: true,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/app.ts b/packages/server/src/app.ts
index d41f908059..1f38448efb 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/app.ts
@@ -1,120 +1,41 @@
+import Sentry from "@sentry/node"
+
 if (process.env.DD_APM_ENABLED) {
   require("./ddApm")
 }
 
 // need to load environment first
 import env from "./environment"
-
-import { ExtendableContext } from "koa"
 import * as db from "./db"
 db.init()
-import Koa from "koa"
-import koaBody from "koa-body"
-import http from "http"
-import * as api from "./api"
-import * as automations from "./automations"
-import { Thread } from "./threads"
-import * as redis from "./utilities/redis"
 import { ServiceType } from "@budibase/types"
-import {
-  events,
-  logging,
-  middleware,
-  timers,
-  env as coreEnv,
-} from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { env as coreEnv } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 coreEnv._set("SERVICE_TYPE", ServiceType.APPS)
+import { apiEnabled } from "./features"
+import createKoaApp from "./koa"
+import Koa from "koa"
+import { Server } from "http"
 import { startup } from "./startup"
-const Sentry = require("@sentry/node")
-const destroyable = require("server-destroy")
-const { userAgent } = require("koa-useragent")
 
-const app = new Koa()
+let app: Koa, server: Server
 
-let mbNumber = parseInt(env.HTTP_MB_LIMIT || "10")
-if (!mbNumber || isNaN(mbNumber)) {
-  mbNumber = 10
-}
-// set up top level koa middleware
-app.use(
-  koaBody({
-    multipart: true,
-    formLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
-    jsonLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
-    textLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
-    // @ts-ignore
-    enableTypes: ["json", "form", "text"],
-    parsedMethods: ["POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE"],
-  })
-)
-
-app.use(middleware.correlation)
-app.use(middleware.pino)
-app.use(userAgent)
-
-if (env.isProd()) {
-  env._set("NODE_ENV", "production")
-  Sentry.init()
-
-  app.on("error", (err: any, ctx: ExtendableContext) => {
-    Sentry.withScope(function (scope: any) {
-      scope.addEventProcessor(function (event: any) {
-        return Sentry.Handlers.parseRequest(event, ctx.request)
-      })
-      Sentry.captureException(err)
-    })
-  })
-}
-
-const server = http.createServer(app.callback())
-destroyable(server)
-
-let shuttingDown = false,
-  errCode = 0
-
-server.on("close", async () => {
-  // already in process
-  if (shuttingDown) {
-    return
+async function start() {
+  if (apiEnabled()) {
+    const koa = createKoaApp()
+    app = koa.app
+    server = koa.server
   }
-  shuttingDown = true
-  console.log("Server Closed")
-  timers.cleanup()
-  await automations.shutdown()
-  await redis.shutdown()
-  events.shutdown()
-  await Thread.shutdown()
-  api.shutdown()
-  if (!env.isTest()) {
-    process.exit(errCode)
-  }
-})
-
-export default server.listen(env.PORT || 0, async () => {
   await startup(app, server)
-})
-
-const shutdown = () => {
-  server.close()
-  // @ts-ignore
-  server.destroy()
+  if (env.isProd()) {
+    env._set("NODE_ENV", "production")
+    Sentry.init()
+  }
 }
 
-process.on("uncaughtException", err => {
-  // @ts-ignore
-  // don't worry about this error, comes from zlib isn't important
-  if (err && err["code"] === "ERR_INVALID_CHAR") {
-    return
-  }
-  errCode = -1
-  logging.logAlert("Uncaught exception.", err)
-  shutdown()
+start().catch(err => {
+  console.error(`Failed server startup - ${err.message}`)
 })
 
-process.on("SIGTERM", () => {
-  shutdown()
-})
-
-process.on("SIGINT", () => {
-  shutdown()
-})
+export function getServer() {
+  return server
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/index.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/index.ts
index 9bbab95a27..4ef3210932 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { processEvent } from "./utils"
 import { automationQueue } from "./bullboard"
 import { rebootTrigger } from "./triggers"
 import BullQueue from "bull"
+import { automationsEnabled } from "../features"
 
 export { automationQueue } from "./bullboard"
 export { shutdown } from "./bullboard"
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ export { BUILTIN_ACTION_DEFINITIONS, getActionDefinitions } from "./actions"
  * This module is built purely to kick off the worker farm and manage the inputs/outputs
  */
 export async function init() {
+  if (!automationsEnabled()) {
+    return
+  }
   // this promise will not complete
   const promise = automationQueue.process(async job => {
     await processEvent(job)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
index 7b0ab4f2fd..18d2d30f82 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ import {
   WebhookActionType,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../sdk"
+import { automationsEnabled } from "../features"
 
 const WH_STEP_ID = definitions.WEBHOOK.stepId
-const Runner = new Thread(ThreadType.AUTOMATION)
+let Runner: Thread
+if (automationsEnabled()) {
+  Runner = new Thread(ThreadType.AUTOMATION)
+}
 
 function loggingArgs(
   job: AutomationJob,
@@ -130,7 +134,8 @@ export async function disableAllCrons(appId: any) {
       }
     }
   }
-  return Promise.all(promises)
+  const results = await Promise.all(promises)
+  return { count: results.length / 2 }
 }
 
 export async function disableCronById(jobId: number | string) {
@@ -169,6 +174,7 @@ export async function enableCronTrigger(appId: any, automation: Automation) {
   const needsCreated =
     !sdk.automations.isReboot(automation) &&
     !sdk.automations.disabled(automation)
+  let enabled = false
 
   // need to create cron job
   if (validCron && needsCreated) {
@@ -191,8 +197,9 @@ export async function enableCronTrigger(appId: any, automation: Automation) {
       automation._id = response.id
       automation._rev = response.rev
     })
+    enabled = true
   }
-  return automation
+  return { enabled, automation }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.ts b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
index 2d3b717efd..06fd659911 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ function parseIntSafe(number?: string) {
 }
 
 const environment = {
+  // features
+  APP_FEATURES: process.env.APP_FEATURES,
   // important - prefer app port to generic port
   PORT: process.env.APP_PORT || process.env.PORT,
   COUCH_DB_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_URL,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/features.ts b/packages/server/src/features.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e12260ea32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/features.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { features } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import env from "./environment"
+
+enum AppFeature {
+  API = "api",
+  AUTOMATIONS = "automations",
+}
+
+const featureList = features.processFeatureEnvVar<AppFeature>(
+  Object.values(AppFeature),
+  env.APP_FEATURES
+)
+
+export function isFeatureEnabled(feature: AppFeature) {
+  return featureList.includes(feature)
+}
+
+export function automationsEnabled() {
+  return featureList.includes(AppFeature.AUTOMATIONS)
+}
+
+export function apiEnabled() {
+  return featureList.includes(AppFeature.API)
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/koa.ts b/packages/server/src/koa.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de11bf973a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/koa.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import env from "./environment"
+import { ExtendableContext } from "koa"
+import Koa from "koa"
+import koaBody from "koa-body"
+import http from "http"
+import * as api from "./api"
+import * as automations from "./automations"
+import { Thread } from "./threads"
+import * as redis from "./utilities/redis"
+import { events, logging, middleware, timers } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+const Sentry = require("@sentry/node")
+const destroyable = require("server-destroy")
+const { userAgent } = require("koa-useragent")
+
+export default function createKoaApp() {
+  const app = new Koa()
+
+  let mbNumber = parseInt(env.HTTP_MB_LIMIT || "10")
+  if (!mbNumber || isNaN(mbNumber)) {
+    mbNumber = 10
+  }
+  // set up top level koa middleware
+  app.use(
+    koaBody({
+      multipart: true,
+      formLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
+      jsonLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
+      textLimit: `${mbNumber}mb`,
+      // @ts-ignore
+      enableTypes: ["json", "form", "text"],
+      parsedMethods: ["POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE"],
+    })
+  )
+
+  app.use(middleware.correlation)
+  app.use(middleware.pino)
+  app.use(userAgent)
+
+  if (env.isProd()) {
+    app.on("error", (err: any, ctx: ExtendableContext) => {
+      Sentry.withScope(function (scope: any) {
+        scope.addEventProcessor(function (event: any) {
+          return Sentry.Handlers.parseRequest(event, ctx.request)
+        })
+        Sentry.captureException(err)
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
+  const server = http.createServer(app.callback())
+  destroyable(server)
+
+  let shuttingDown = false,
+    errCode = 0
+
+  server.on("close", async () => {
+    // already in process
+    if (shuttingDown) {
+      return
+    }
+    shuttingDown = true
+    console.log("Server Closed")
+    timers.cleanup()
+    await automations.shutdown()
+    await redis.shutdown()
+    events.shutdown()
+    await Thread.shutdown()
+    api.shutdown()
+    if (!env.isTest()) {
+      process.exit(errCode)
+    }
+  })
+
+  const listener = server.listen(env.PORT || 0)
+
+  const shutdown = () => {
+    server.close()
+    // @ts-ignore
+    server.destroy()
+  }
+
+  process.on("uncaughtException", err => {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    // don't worry about this error, comes from zlib isn't important
+    if (err && err["code"] === "ERR_INVALID_CHAR") {
+      return
+    }
+    errCode = -1
+    logging.logAlert("Uncaught exception.", err)
+    shutdown()
+  })
+
+  process.on("SIGTERM", () => {
+    shutdown()
+  })
+
+  process.on("SIGINT", () => {
+    shutdown()
+  })
+
+  return { app, server: listener }
+}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/startup.ts b/packages/server/src/startup.ts
index 9da26ac2aa..b4a287d2d4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/startup.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/startup.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import * as pro from "@budibase/pro"
 import * as api from "./api"
 import sdk from "./sdk"
 import { initialise as initialiseWebsockets } from "./websockets"
+import { automationsEnabled } from "./features"
 
 let STARTUP_RAN = false
 
@@ -97,7 +98,9 @@ export async function startup(app?: any, server?: any) {
   // configure events to use the pro audit log write
   // can't integrate directly into backend-core due to cyclic issues
   queuePromises.push(events.processors.init(pro.sdk.auditLogs.write))
-  queuePromises.push(automations.init())
+  if (automationsEnabled()) {
+    queuePromises.push(automations.init())
+  }
   queuePromises.push(initPro())
   if (app) {
     // bring routes online as final step once everything ready
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
index a93c78d5fc..c8b917f626 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class TestConfiguration {
     if (openServer) {
       // use a random port because it doesn't matter
       env.PORT = "0"
-      this.server = require("../../app").default
+      this.server = require("../../app").getServer()
       // we need the request for logging in, involves cookies, hard to fake
       this.request = supertest(this.server)
       this.started = true
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class TestConfiguration {
     if (this.server) {
       this.server.close()
     } else {
-      require("../../app").default.close()
+      require("../../app").getServer().close()
     }
     if (this.allApps) {
       cleanup(this.allApps.map(app => app.appId))
diff --git a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
index 8bf0b506fe..fc64e206d6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   AutomationMetadata,
   AutomationStatus,
   AutomationStep,
+  AutomationStepStatus,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import {
   AutomationContext,
@@ -452,7 +453,10 @@ class Orchestrator {
         this.executionOutput.steps.splice(loopStepNumber + 1, 0, {
           id: step.id,
           stepId: step.stepId,
-          outputs: { status: AutomationStatus.NO_ITERATIONS, success: true },
+          outputs: {
+            status: AutomationStepStatus.NO_ITERATIONS,
+            success: true,
+          },
           inputs: {},
         })
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts
index 05ac76d5e9..f4a0dd33f2 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation.ts
@@ -179,12 +179,15 @@ export interface AutomationTrigger extends AutomationTriggerSchema {
   id: string
 }
 
+export enum AutomationStepStatus {
+  NO_ITERATIONS = "no_iterations",
+}
+
 export enum AutomationStatus {
   SUCCESS = "success",
   ERROR = "error",
   STOPPED = "stopped",
   STOPPED_ERROR = "stopped_error",
-  NO_ITERATIONS = "no_iterations",
 }
 
 export interface AutomationResults {
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/environment.ts b/packages/worker/src/environment.ts
index 6ef6dab03c..c357ceb65b 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/environment.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ function parseIntSafe(number: any) {
 }
 
 const environment = {
+  // features
+  WORKER_FEATURES: process.env.WORKER_FEATURES,
   // auth
   MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: process.env.MINIO_ACCESS_KEY,
   MINIO_SECRET_KEY: process.env.MINIO_SECRET_KEY,
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/features.ts b/packages/worker/src/features.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..075b3b81ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/worker/src/features.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { features } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import env from "./environment"
+
+enum WorkerFeature {}
+
+const featureList: WorkerFeature[] = features.processFeatureEnvVar(
+  Object.values(WorkerFeature),
+  env.WORKER_FEATURES
+)
+
+export function isFeatureEnabled(feature: WorkerFeature) {
+  return featureList.includes(feature)
+}