diff --git a/config/config.yml.dist b/config/config.yml.dist
index d642350..2d4d684 100644
--- a/config/config.yml.dist
+++ b/config/config.yml.dist
@@ -50,3 +50,6 @@ date-iso-8601: true
 # -   0 for no options (recommended for production)
 # - 128 for pretty print (recommended for testing/development)
 jsonoptions: 0
+
+# Set this to true to disable frontend completely and display an empty page
+disablefrontend: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Config/Config.php b/src/Config/Config.php
index e9b204d..c727ad8 100644
--- a/src/Config/Config.php
+++ b/src/Config/Config.php
@@ -62,12 +62,17 @@ class Config
      */
     private $jsonOptions;
 
+    /**
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    private $disableFrontend;
+
     public function __construct($config, Application $app)
     {
         if (isset($config['base'])) {
             $this->base = $config['base'];
         }
-        
+
         $this->setBasePath($app['paths']['hosturl'] . $this->base);
         $this->setContentTypes($config['contenttypes']);
         $this->setReplacements($config['replacements']);
@@ -77,6 +82,9 @@ public function __construct($config, Application $app)
         $this->setDateIso($config['date-iso-8601']);
         $this->setHeaders($config['headers']);
         $this->setJsonOptions($config['jsonoptions']);
+
+        $disablefrontend = isset($config['disablefrontend']) ? $config['disablefrontend'] : false;
+        $this->setDisableFrontend($disablefrontend);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -322,4 +330,24 @@ public function getSort($contentType)
 
         return '';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isDisableFrontend()
+    {
+        return $this->disableFrontend;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param bool $disableFrontend
+     *
+     * @return Config
+     */
+    public function setDisableFrontend($disableFrontend)
+    {
+        $this->disableFrontend = $disableFrontend;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/JSONAPIExtension.php b/src/JSONAPIExtension.php
index 9ec2868..3ddbe17 100644
--- a/src/JSONAPIExtension.php
+++ b/src/JSONAPIExtension.php
@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@
 
 namespace Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi;
 
+use Bolt\Controller\Zone;
 use Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi\Controllers\ContentController;
 use Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi\Exception\ApiException;
+use Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi\Exception\FrontendDisabledException;
 use Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi\Provider\APIProvider;
 use Bolt\Extension\Bolt\JsonApi\Response\ApiErrorResponse;
 use Bolt\Extension\SimpleExtension;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\FilterControllerEvent;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseForExceptionEvent;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\KernelEvents;
 
 /**
@@ -63,11 +67,42 @@ public static function getSubscribedEvents()
             KernelEvents::EXCEPTION => [
                 ['error', 515],
             ],
+            KernelEvents::CONTROLLER => [
+                ['disableFrontend', 10]
+            ]
         ];
 
         return $parentEvents + $localEvents;
     }
 
+    public function disableFrontend(FilterControllerEvent $event)
+    {
+        $request = $event->getRequest();
+
+        $container = $this->getContainer();
+
+        $routeName = $request->get('_route');
+
+        //Check if request is NOT to frontend
+        if (! Zone::isFrontend($request)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        //Check if we should disable frontend based upon the configuration
+        if (! $container['jsonapi.config']->isDisableFrontend()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        //Only disable frontend routes, don't disable json routes
+        if (strpos($routeName, 'jsonapi') === false) {
+            $event->setController(
+                function() {
+                    throw new HttpException(Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN, "Front-end is disabled by JSON API extension.");
+                }
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Listener to handle all exceptions thrown of type ApiException. It converts
      * the exception into an ApiErrorResponse.