diff --git a/vim/config/plugins/vim-gutentags.vim b/vim/config/plugins/vim-gutentags.vim
index 55bf478..2d35674 100644
--- a/vim/config/plugins/vim-gutentags.vim
+++ b/vim/config/plugins/vim-gutentags.vim
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 let g:gutentags_cache_dir = '~/.vim/gutentags'
+
+"prevent automatically generating the tagfile and syntax highlighting tags (default: 0)
+if !exists("g:disableautotags")
+    let g:gutentags_enabled = 0
+endif