diff --git a/man/mastorss.1.adoc b/man/mastorss.1.adoc
index 3cbabab..0707c99 100644
--- a/man/mastorss.1.adoc
+++ b/man/mastorss.1.adoc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 :doctype:       manpage
 :Author:        tastytea
 :Email:         tastytea@tastytea.de
-:Date:          2020-05-10
+:Date:          2020-10-29
 :Revision:      0.0.0
 :man source:    mastorss
 :man manual:    General Commands Manual
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ Show version, copyright and license.
 
 Put `watchwords.json` into `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/mastorss/`. Launch with profile
 name. The first occurence of every watchword in an RSS item will be turned into
-a hashtag. For profile-specific watchwords see the example in
-`watchwords.json`. In the first run only the newest entry is posted.
+a hashtag (unless *add_hashtags* is set to false). For profile-specific
+watchwords see the example in `watchwords.json`. In the first run only the
+newest entry is posted unless *keep_looking* is set to true.
 
 The profile is the identifier for a feed and can't be named "global".
 
@@ -95,6 +96,9 @@ Object with a list of regular expressions and replacements. Applies to posts,
 subjects and links, but not to the string in _append_. For information about the
 syntax see *perlre*(1).
 
+*add_hashtags*::
+If true, replace words with hashtags according to `watchwords.json`.
+
 == EXAMPLES
 
 === Configuration file
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index c029efd..f448d37 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const ProfileData &data)
             out << ", ";
         }
     }
-    out << "]";
+    out << "], ";
+    out << "add_hashtags: " << data.add_hashtags;
 
     return out;
 }
@@ -194,6 +195,10 @@ void Config::generate()
     }
     profiledata.max_size = stoul(line);
 
+    cout << "Add hashtags according to watchwords.json? [y/n]: ";
+    std::getline(cin, line);
+    profiledata.add_hashtags = (line[0] == 'y');
+
     BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Generated configuration.";
     write();
 }
@@ -254,6 +259,7 @@ void Config::parse()
         profiledata.replacements.push_back(
             {search, _json[profile]["replacements"][search].asString()});
     }
+    profiledata.add_hashtags = _json[profile]["add_hashtags"].asBool();
 
     BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Read config: " << profiledata;
 }
@@ -277,6 +283,7 @@ void Config::write()
     {
         _json[profile]["replacements"][replacement.first] = replacement.second;
     }
+    _json[profile]["add_hashtags"] = profiledata.add_hashtags;
 
     ofstream file{get_filename().c_str()};
     if (file.good())
diff --git a/src/config.hpp b/src/config.hpp
index 7aec47e..29a7d57 100644
--- a/src/config.hpp
+++ b/src/config.hpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct ProfileData
     bool titles_as_cw{false};
     bool titles_only{false};
     list<pair<string, string>> replacements;
+    bool add_hashtags{true};
 
     friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const ProfileData &data);
 };
diff --git a/src/document.cpp b/src/document.cpp
index b21bb5d..f9f961d 100644
--- a/src/document.cpp
+++ b/src/document.cpp
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ void Document::parse_rss(const pt::ptree &tree)
                     desc = regex_replace(desc, regex{fix}, "");
                 }
                 desc = remove_html(desc);
-                return add_hashtags(desc);
+                if (_profiledata.add_hashtags)
+                {
+                    desc = add_hashtags(desc);
+                }
+                return desc;
             }();
             // clang-format on
             item.guid = move(guid);