diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/VoxyClientInstance.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/VoxyClientInstance.java
index 66396b4d..f0d5a511 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/VoxyClientInstance.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/VoxyClientInstance.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class VoxyClientInstance extends VoxyInstance {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isIngestEnabled(WorldIdentifier worldId) {
-        return !this.noIngestOverride;
+        return (!this.noIngestOverride) && VoxyConfig.CONFIG.ingestEnabled;
     }
 
     private static class Config {
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/mixin/sodium/MixinRenderSectionManager.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/mixin/sodium/MixinRenderSectionManager.java
index 7f7fee2d..4db735f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/mixin/sodium/MixinRenderSectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/mixin/sodium/MixinRenderSectionManager.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class MixinRenderSectionManager {
         }
         int x = instance.getChunkX(), y = instance.getChunkY(), z = instance.getChunkZ();
 
-        if (wasBuilt) {
+        if (wasBuilt && VoxyConfig.CONFIG.ingestEnabled) {
             var tracker = ((AccessorChunkTracker)ChunkTrackerHolder.get(this.level)).getChunkStatus();
             //in theory the cache value could be wrong but is so soso unlikely and at worst means we either duplicate ingest a chunk
             // which... could be bad ;-; or we dont ingest atall which is ok!