diff --git a/foundation-bifrost/src/main/kotlin/cloud/kubelet/foundation/bifrost/FoundationBifrostPlugin.kt b/foundation-bifrost/src/main/kotlin/cloud/kubelet/foundation/bifrost/FoundationBifrostPlugin.kt
index 9b0b6cc..367e045 100644
--- a/foundation-bifrost/src/main/kotlin/cloud/kubelet/foundation/bifrost/FoundationBifrostPlugin.kt
+++ b/foundation-bifrost/src/main/kotlin/cloud/kubelet/foundation/bifrost/FoundationBifrostPlugin.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ class FoundationBifrostPlugin : JavaPlugin(), EventListener, Listener {
     )
     config = Yaml.default.decodeFromStream(BifrostConfig.serializer(), configPath.inputStream())
 
+    if (config.authentication.token.isEmpty()) {
+      slF4JLogger.warn("Token empty, will not start Bifrost.")
+      return
+    }
+
     server.pluginManager.registerEvents(this, this)
 
     jda = JDABuilder
diff --git a/foundation-bifrost/src/main/resources/bifrost.yaml b/foundation-bifrost/src/main/resources/bifrost.yaml
index 2e440a7..3153140 100644
--- a/foundation-bifrost/src/main/resources/bifrost.yaml
+++ b/foundation-bifrost/src/main/resources/bifrost.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Authentication configuration for the bridge.
 authentication:
-  # Token from the Discord Bot developer's page.
-  token: abc123
+  # Token from the Discord Bot developer's page. If this is empty, the Bifrost plugin will do
+  # nothing.
+  token: ""
 
 # Channel configuration for the bridge.
 channel: