diff --git a/settings.js b/settings.js
index b782097..4ca090c 100644
--- a/settings.js
+++ b/settings.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const settings = {
     "init_message": "Respond with hello world and your name", // sends to all on spawn
     "only_chat_with": [], // users that the bots listen to and send general messages to. if empty it will chat publicly
     "speak": false, // allows all bots to speak through system text-to-speech. works on windows, mac, on linux you need to `apt install espeak`
+    "chat_response": true, // enables or disables bots sending their responses to minecraft chat
     "language": "en", // translate to/from this language. Supports these language names: https://cloud.google.com/translate/docs/languages
     "show_bot_views": false, // show bot's view in browser at localhost:3000, 3001...