diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/auth/auth.controller.ts b/apps/api/src/app/auth/auth.controller.ts
index ea722a0ca..659961d49 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/auth/auth.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/auth/auth.controller.ts
@@ -57,17 +57,12 @@ export class AuthController {
     private resendOTP: ResendOTP
   ) {}
 
-  @Get('/github')
-  githubAuth() {
-    if (!process.env.GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID || !process.env.GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET) {
-      throw new ApiException(
-        'GitHub auth is not configured, please provide GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID and GITHUB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET as env variables'
-      );
-    }
-
-    return {
-      success: true,
-    };
+ @Post('/github')
+async githubAuth(@Body() body: RegisterUserDto, @Res() response: Response) {
+  if (process.env.DISABLE_USER_REGISTRATION === 'true') {
+    response.status(403).send({ message: 'Account creation is disabled' });
+    return;
+  }
   }
 
   @Get('/github/callback')
@@ -115,17 +110,23 @@ export class AuthController {
     response.contentType('text').send();
   }
 
-  @Post('/register')
-  async register(@Body() body: RegisterUserDto, @Res() response: Response) {
-    const registeredUser = await this.registerUser.execute(RegisterUserCommand.create(body));
+ @Post('/register')
+async register(@Body() body: RegisterUserDto, @Res() response: Response) {
+  if (process.env.DISABLE_USER_REGISTRATION === 'true') {
+    response.status(403).send({ message: 'Account creation is disabled' });
+    return;
+  }
 
-    response.cookie(CONSTANTS.AUTH_COOKIE_NAME, registeredUser.token, {
-      ...COOKIE_CONFIG,
-      domain: process.env.COOKIE_DOMAIN,
-    });
+  const registeredUser = await this.registerUser.execute(RegisterUserCommand.create(body));
+
+  response.cookie(CONSTANTS.AUTH_COOKIE_NAME, registeredUser.token, {
+    ...COOKIE_CONFIG,
+    domain: process.env.COOKIE_DOMAIN,
+  });
+
+  response.send(registeredUser);
+}
 
-    response.send(registeredUser);
-  }
 
   @Post('/verify')
   async verifyRoute(@Body() body: VerifyDto, @UserSession() user: IJwtPayload) {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/config/env-validator.ts b/apps/api/src/config/env-validator.ts
index 6c55b1605..4b2cbe35e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/config/env-validator.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/config/env-validator.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-import { port, str, url, ValidatorSpec } from 'envalid';
+import { port, str, url, ValidatorSpec, bool } from 'envalid';
 import * as envalid from 'envalid';
 import { ENVTypesEnum } from '@impler/shared';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-const validators: { [K in keyof any]: ValidatorSpec<any[K]> } = {
+export const validators: { [K in keyof any]: ValidatorSpec<any[K]> } = {
   JWT_SECRET: str(),
   NODE_ENV: str({
     choices: [ENVTypesEnum.LOCAL, ENVTypesEnum.TEST, ENVTypesEnum.PROD, ENVTypesEnum.CI, ENVTypesEnum.LOCAL],
     default: ENVTypesEnum.LOCAL,
   }),
+  DISABLE_USER_REGISTRATION: bool({
+    default: false,
+    desc: 'Flag to disable user registration',
+  }),
   S3_LOCAL_STACK: str(),
   S3_BUCKET_NAME: str(),
   S3_REGION: str(),
diff --git a/docker/.env.example b/docker/.env.example
index 743d75054..443fd7b15 100644
--- a/docker/.env.example
+++ b/docker/.env.example
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ JWT_SECRET=SUPER-SECRET
 NODE_ENV=local
 MONGO_URL=mongodb://mongodb:27017/impler
 RABBITMQ_CONN_URL=amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq:5672
+DISABLE_USER_REGISTRATION=false
 
 # AWS
 S3_LOCAL_STACK=http://localhost:4566
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index d0a7179e6..f435bdab9 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       NODE_ENV: ${NODE_ENV}
       PORT: ${API_PORT}
+      DISABLE_USER_REGISTRATION: ${DISABLE_USER_REGISTRATION}
       WIDGET_BASE_URL: ${WIDGET_BASE_URL}
       WEB_BASE_URL: ${WEB_BASE_URL}
       MONGO_URL: ${MONGO_URL}
@@ -129,4 +130,4 @@ services:
 volumes:
   mongodb: ~
 networks:
-  impler:
\ No newline at end of file
+  impler: