diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/wolt/utils/ktor/idempotency/IdempotencyPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/wolt/utils/ktor/idempotency/IdempotencyPlugin.kt
index 4bcaa74..26ffccd 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/wolt/utils/ktor/idempotency/IdempotencyPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/wolt/utils/ktor/idempotency/IdempotencyPlugin.kt
@@ -31,13 +31,15 @@ val IdempotencyPlugin =
             pluginConfig.idempotentResponseRepository
                 ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("IdempotentRequestRepository must be provided")
 
-        CleanUpWorker(
-            scope = pluginConfig.cleanUpWorkerScope,
-            jitter = pluginConfig.cleanUpWorkerJitter,
-            interval = pluginConfig.cleanUpWorkerInterval,
-            idempotentResponseRepository = responseRepository,
-            storedResponseTTL = pluginConfig.storedResponseTTL,
-        ).start()
+        if (pluginConfig.cleanUpWorkerEnabled) {
+            CleanUpWorker(
+                scope = pluginConfig.cleanUpWorkerScope,
+                jitter = pluginConfig.cleanUpWorkerJitter,
+                interval = pluginConfig.cleanUpWorkerInterval,
+                idempotentResponseRepository = responseRepository,
+                storedResponseTTL = pluginConfig.storedResponseTTL,
+            ).start()
+        }
 
         val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/wolt/utils/ktor/idempotency/PluginConfiguration.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/wolt/utils/ktor/idempotency/PluginConfiguration.kt
index 74de7ec..a1243cf 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/wolt/utils/ktor/idempotency/PluginConfiguration.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/wolt/utils/ktor/idempotency/PluginConfiguration.kt
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ class PluginConfiguration {
             HttpMethod.Patch,
         )
 
+    /**
+     * Flag that controls execution of clean up worker.
+     * Clean up worker is enabled by default, but consider disabling it if your response repository can leverage a built-in expiration mechanism (e.g. Redis key expiration time).
+     */
+    var cleanUpWorkerEnabled = true
+
     /**
      * The coroutine scope for the worker that cleans up expired responses.
      */