diff --git a/src/main/java/com/selfcoders/talkingmobs/EventListener.java b/src/main/java/com/selfcoders/talkingmobs/EventListener.java
index 93ef528..9920fa8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/selfcoders/talkingmobs/EventListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/selfcoders/talkingmobs/EventListener.java
@@ -10,19 +10,23 @@
 import org.bukkit.event.entity.EntityDeathEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerInteractEntityEvent;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * Class providing all event listeners required for the plugin
  */
 class EventListener implements Listener {
     private final Message message;
+    private final TalkingMobs plugin;
 
     /**
      * Constructor of the class
      *
      * @param messageInstance The instance of the Message class
      */
-    EventListener(Message messageInstance) {
+    EventListener(Message messageInstance, TalkingMobs pluginInstance) {
         message = messageInstance;
+        plugin = pluginInstance;
     }
 
     @EventHandler
@@ -30,13 +34,19 @@ public void onCreatureSpawn(CreatureSpawnEvent event) {
         Entity entity = event.getEntity();
         CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason spawnReason = event.getSpawnReason();
 
-        if (spawnReason == CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.SPAWNER || spawnReason == CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.SPAWNER_EGG || spawnReason == CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.CUSTOM) {
+        List<String> allowedSpawnReasons = plugin.getConfig().getStringList("events.spawned");
+
+        if (allowedSpawnReasons.contains(spawnReason.name())) {
             message.sendMessage(entity, Message.EventType.spawned);
         }
     }
 
     @EventHandler
     public void onEntityAttacked(EntityDamageByEntityEvent event) {
+        if (!plugin.getConfig().getBoolean("events.attacked")) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         Entity damager = event.getDamager();
         Entity entity = event.getEntity();
 
@@ -47,6 +57,10 @@ public void onEntityAttacked(EntityDamageByEntityEvent event) {
 
     @EventHandler
     public void onEntityKilled(EntityDeathEvent event) {
+        if (!plugin.getConfig().getBoolean("events.killed")) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         LivingEntity entity = event.getEntity();
         Player killer = entity.getKiller();
 
@@ -57,6 +71,10 @@ public void onEntityKilled(EntityDeathEvent event) {
 
     @EventHandler
     public void onPlayerInteractEntity(PlayerInteractEntityEvent event) {
+        if (!plugin.getConfig().getBoolean("events.interacted")) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         message.sendMessage(event.getRightClicked(), event.getPlayer(), Message.EventType.interacted);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/selfcoders/talkingmobs/TalkingMobs.java b/src/main/java/com/selfcoders/talkingmobs/TalkingMobs.java
index 62a7a58..03af1a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/selfcoders/talkingmobs/TalkingMobs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/selfcoders/talkingmobs/TalkingMobs.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public void onEnable() {
         saveConfig();
 
         PluginManager pluginManager = getServer().getPluginManager();
-        pluginManager.registerEvents(new EventListener(message), this);
+        pluginManager.registerEvents(new EventListener(message, this), this);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index b4cf0f9..986fbd6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 # Only players in this range to the talking mob will see the message
 maxDistance: 0
 
+# Define which events should show messages
+# Everything except for "spawned" is a boolean (true or false).
+# The "spawned" event expects a list of spawn reasons (see https://jd.bukkit.org/org/bukkit/event/entity/CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.html for possible spawn reasons).
+events:
+  attacked: true
+  interacted: true
+  killed: true
+  spawned:
+  - CUSTOM
+  - SPAWNER
+  - SPAWNER_EGG
+
 # How to format the messages
 # %mobname% is replaced with the name of the talking mob
 # %message% is replaced with the message