diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/ApiDocService.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/ApiDocService.java
index b0deb586..39ca6937 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/ApiDocService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/ApiDocService.java
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ public class ApiDocService {
                 JsonNode pathNode = entry.getValue();
                 if (pathNode.has("post")) {
                     JsonNode postNode = pathNode.get("post");
-                    String operation = path.substring(1); // Assuming operation name is the path without leading '/'
-                    ApiEndpoint endpoint = new ApiEndpoint(operation, postNode);
-                    apiDocumentation.put(operation, endpoint);
+                    ApiEndpoint endpoint = new ApiEndpoint(path, postNode);
+                    apiDocumentation.put(path, endpoint);
                 }
             });
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ public class ApiDocService {
     }
 
     public boolean isValidOperation(String operationName, Map<String, Object> parameters) {
-    	System.out.println(apiDocumentation);
         if (!apiDocumentation.containsKey(operationName)) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineController.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineController.java
index 1c1c8d80..6d12789e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/pipeline/PipelineController.java
@@ -72,8 +72,14 @@ public class PipelineController {
 	@Autowired
 	private ApiDocService apiDocService;
 	
+
+	
+	
 	@Scheduled(fixedRate = 60000)
 	public void scanFolders() {
+		if(!Boolean.TRUE.equals(applicationProperties.getSystem().getEnableAlphaFunctionality())) {
+			return;
+		}
 		Path watchedFolderPath = Paths.get(watchedFoldersDir);
 		if (!Files.exists(watchedFolderPath)) {
 			try {
@@ -453,6 +459,10 @@ public class PipelineController {
 
 	@PostMapping("/handleData")
 	public ResponseEntity<byte[]> handleData(@ModelAttribute HandleDataRequest request) {
+		if(!Boolean.TRUE.equals(applicationProperties.getSystem().getEnableAlphaFunctionality())) {
+			return new ResponseEntity<>(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
+		}
+		
 	    MultipartFile[] files = request.getFileInput();
 	    String jsonString = request.getJson();
 	    if(files == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java
index dc068779..735edc6f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/ApplicationProperties.java
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
 		private String rootURIPath;
 		private String customStaticFilePath;
 		private Integer maxFileSize;
+		
+		private Boolean  enableAlphaFunctionality;
+		
+		
+		
+
+		public Boolean getEnableAlphaFunctionality() {
+			return enableAlphaFunctionality;
+		}
+
+		public void setEnableAlphaFunctionality(Boolean enableAlphaFunctionality) {
+			this.enableAlphaFunctionality = enableAlphaFunctionality;
+		}
 
 		public String getDefaultLocale() {
 			return defaultLocale;
@@ -218,12 +231,13 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
 
 		@Override
 		public String toString() {
-			return "System [defaultLocale=" + defaultLocale + ", googlevisibility=" + googlevisibility + ", rootURIPath="
-					+ rootURIPath + ", customStaticFilePath=" + customStaticFilePath + ", maxFileSize=" + maxFileSize
-					+ "]";
+			return "System [defaultLocale=" + defaultLocale + ", googlevisibility=" + googlevisibility
+					+ ", rootURIPath=" + rootURIPath + ", customStaticFilePath=" + customStaticFilePath
+					+ ", maxFileSize=" + maxFileSize + ", enableAlphaFunctionality=" + enableAlphaFunctionality + "]";
 		}
 
 		
+		
 	}
 
 	public static class Ui {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template b/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template
index 0f229ba4..cafea794 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template
+++ b/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ security:
 system:
   defaultLocale: 'en-US' # Set the default language (e.g. 'de-DE', 'fr-FR', etc)
   googlevisibility: false # 'true' to allow Google visibility (via robots.txt), 'false' to disallow
+  enableAlphaFunctionality: false # Set to enable functionality which might need more testing before it fully goes live (This feature might make no changes)
 
 #ui:
 #  appName: exampleAppName # Application's visible name
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/js/pipeline.js b/src/main/resources/static/js/pipeline.js
index 4f104a2a..21c05cb8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/js/pipeline.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/js/pipeline.js
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ document.getElementById('addOperationBtn').addEventListener('click', function()
 							parameterInput = document.createElement('input');
 							parameterInput.type = 'text';
 							parameterInput.className = "form-control";
-							parameterInput.value = "automatedFileInput";
+							parameterInput.value = "FileInputPathToBeInputtedManuallyOffline";
 						} else {
 							parameterInput = document.createElement('input');
 							parameterInput.type = 'text';
@@ -480,14 +480,16 @@ document.getElementById('addOperationBtn').addEventListener('click', function()
 				"outputDir": "{outputFolder}/{folderName}",
 				"outputFileName": "{filename}-{pipelineName}-{date}-{time}"
 			},
-			"outputDir": "httpWebRequest",
+			"outputDir": "{outputFolder}",
 			"outputFileName": "{filename}"
 		};
 
 		for (let i = 0; i < pipelineList.length; i++) {
 			let operationName = pipelineList[i].querySelector('.operationName').textContent;
 			let parameters = operationSettings[operationName] || {};
-
+			
+			parameters['fileInput'] = 'automated';
+			
 			pipelineConfig.pipeline.push({
 				"operation": operationName,
 				"parameters": parameters