diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 1f24b8a..2713b2e 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LANG=en-US
 TZ=Etc/UTC
 LOG_LEVEL=info
 ENABLE_MULTIPLAYER=false
+ENABLE_PROJECTS=false
 
 ## A space-separated list of NPM modules to install
 #EXTRA_MODULES="node-red-contrib-google-sheets node-red-contrib-slack"
diff --git a/settings.js.tmpl b/settings.js.tmpl
index 765e19e..48f76c3 100644
--- a/settings.js.tmpl
+++ b/settings.js.tmpl
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
         projects: {
             /** To enable the Projects feature, set this value to true */
-            enabled: false,
+            enabled: {{ env "ENABLE_PROJECTS" }},
             workflow: {
                 /** Set the default projects workflow mode.
                  *  - manual - you must manually commit changes