diff --git a/care/abdm/api/viewsets/health_facility.py b/care/abdm/api/viewsets/health_facility.py
index 45b0423ade..8b1acbeab0 100644
--- a/care/abdm/api/viewsets/health_facility.py
+++ b/care/abdm/api/viewsets/health_facility.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 @shared_task
 def register_health_facility_as_service(facility_external_id):
+    if settings.ENABLE_ABDM:
+        return [False, "ABDM Services are currently disabled"]
+
     health_facility = HealthFacility.objects.filter(
         facility__external_id=facility_external_id
     ).first()
diff --git a/care/facility/api/serializers/patient_consultation.py b/care/facility/api/serializers/patient_consultation.py
index c4c34bf596..3344680370 100644
--- a/care/facility/api/serializers/patient_consultation.py
+++ b/care/facility/api/serializers/patient_consultation.py
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ def update(self, instance: PatientConsultation, validated_data):
             ConsultationBed.objects.filter(
                 consultation=self.instance, end_date__isnull=True
             ).update(end_date=now())
-            if patient.abha_number:
+            if settings.ENABLE_ABDM and patient.abha_number:
                 abha_number = patient.abha_number
                 try:
                     AbdmGateway().fetch_modes(