# Can you make the gateway not start automatically on reboot?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-make-the-gateway-not-start-automatically-on-reboot/7976>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 7, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-make-the-gateway-not-start-automatically-on-reboot/7976 "2014-02-07T17:07:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![RRRancher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@RRRancher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RRRancher)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-make-the-gateway-not-start-automatically-on-reboot/7976/1 "2014-02-07T17:07:53Z")

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We have a production gateway and a development gateway, each on their own server. I would like the gateway on the development server to remain stopped until I manually start it. If the server is restarted, the gateway starts automatically. Is there a setting somewhere that can accomplish this?

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**Author:** ![adamaustin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@adamaustin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adamaustin)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-make-the-gateway-not-start-automatically-on-reboot/7976/2 "2014-02-07T19:04:46Z")

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Ignition is installed as a Windows service. Maybe you can change it there from “Automatic” to “Manual”.

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**Author:** ![RRRancher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@RRRancher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RRRancher)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-you-make-the-gateway-not-start-automatically-on-reboot/7976/3 "2014-02-07T19:45:20Z")

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Well worth a try. Thanks a lot, Adam.

Edit: Just tried it and it stayed stopped. Good deal, Lucille.