diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration_vr.dm b/code/controllers/configuration_vr.dm
index f1298d4d61..61ac89ad69 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration_vr.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration_vr.dm
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 
 /datum/configuration
 	var/list/engine_map	// Comma separated list of engines to choose from.  Blank means fully random.
-	var/assistants_ratio
-	var/assistants_assured = 15 // Default 15, only used if the ratio is set though.
+	var/time_off = FALSE
 
 /hook/startup/proc/read_vs_config()
 	var/list/Lines = file2list("config/config.txt")
@@ -32,10 +31,6 @@
 			continue
 
 		switch (name)
-			if ("assistants_ratio")
-				config.assistants_ratio = text2num(value)
-			if ("assistants_assured")
-				config.assistants_assured = text2num(value)
 			if ("chat_webhook_url")
 				config.chat_webhook_url = value
 			if ("chat_webhook_key")
@@ -46,5 +41,7 @@
 				config.fax_export_dir = value
 			if ("items_survive_digestion")
 				config.items_survive_digestion = 1
+			if ("time_off")
+				config.time_off = TRUE
 
 	return 1
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystems/persist_vr.dm b/code/controllers/subsystems/persist_vr.dm
index 651abe2130..57375d5378 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystems/persist_vr.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystems/persist_vr.dm
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(persist)
 
 // Do PTO Accruals
 /datum/controller/subsystem/persist/proc/update_department_hours(var/resumed = FALSE)
+	if(!config.time_off)
+		return
+
 	establish_db_connection()
 	if(!dbcon.IsConnected())
 		src.currentrun.Cut()
diff --git a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm
index 488c827eda..76de070805 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
+++ b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
@@ -259,11 +259,12 @@
 			return 0
 
 	// VOREStation Edit Start - Department Hours
-	var/DBQuery/query_hours = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT department, hours FROM vr_player_hours WHERE ckey = '[sql_ckey]'")
-	query_hours.Execute()
-	while(query_hours.NextRow())
-		LAZYINITLIST(department_hours)
-		department_hours[query_hours.item[1]] = text2num(query_hours.item[2])
+	if(config.time_off)
+		var/DBQuery/query_hours = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT department, hours FROM vr_player_hours WHERE ckey = '[sql_ckey]'")
+		query_hours.Execute()
+		while(query_hours.NextRow())
+			LAZYINITLIST(department_hours)
+			department_hours[query_hours.item[1]] = text2num(query_hours.item[2])
 	// VOREStation Edit End - Department Hours
 
 	if(sql_id)
diff --git a/config/example/config.txt b/config/example/config.txt
index f459a49d79..2536b1350e 100644
--- a/config/example/config.txt
+++ b/config/example/config.txt
@@ -399,3 +399,9 @@ STARLIGHT 0
 
 ## Default language prefix keys, separated with spaces. Only single character keys are supported. If unset, defaults to , # and - 
 # DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_PREFIXES , # -
+
+# Control which submaps are loaded for the Dynamic Engine system
+ENGINE_MAP Supermatter Engine,Edison's Bane
+
+# Controls if the 'time off' system is used for determining if players can play 'Off-Duty' jobs (requires SQL)
+# time_off
\ No newline at end of file