Index: scheduler-component-shared/src/java/org/sakaiproject/component/app/scheduler/ScheduledInvocationManagerImpl.java
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--- scheduler-component-shared/src/java/org/sakaiproject/component/app/scheduler/ScheduledInvocationManagerImpl.java	(revision 12476)
+++ scheduler-component-shared/src/java/org/sakaiproject/component/app/scheduler/ScheduledInvocationManagerImpl.java	(working copy)
@@ -62,13 +62,18 @@
 	
 
 	public void init() {
-		LOG.info("init()");
-	      try {
-	          registerScheduledInvocationRunner();
-	       } catch (SchedulerException e) {
-	          LOG.error("failed to schedule ScheduledInvocationRunner job", e);
-	       }
-	    }
+            LOG.info("init()");
+            boolean startJob = m_serverConfigurationService.getBoolean("jobscheduler.run_scheduled_invocation_runner", true);
+            if(startJob) {
+                try {
+                    registerScheduledInvocationRunner();
+                } catch (SchedulerException e) {
+                    LOG.error("failed to schedule ScheduledInvocationRunner job", e);
+                }
+            } else {
+                LOG.info("ScheduledInvocationRunner disabled on this node");
+            }
+        }